[nfbmi-talk] Service Animals now protected under Pennsylvania Law

[Christine Boone]

Dear Colleagues, 

Some years ago, a friend of mine and her dog guide were savagely attacked by another dog in Pennsylvania.  Passel was injured and her dog was killed.  Since that time she has worked tirelessly with the Pennsylvania Legislature to enact legislation that would punnish the owners of animals that attack and/or injure service animals.  Members of the NFB of Pennsylvania join in the campaign, and at last here is the bill that was passed into law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:  

>> 
>> THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
>> 
>> OF PENNSYLVANIA
>> 
>> HOUSE BILL
>> 
>> No. 165 Session of 2011
>> 
>> INTRODUCED BY J. EVANS, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, D.
>> COSTA, FLECK, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, KILLION,
>> KORTZ, MANN, MILLARD, MILNE, PAYNE, PYLE, RAPP,
>> READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, WATSON,
>> WHITE, DAVIS, BOBACK, YOUNGBLOOD, GINGRICH, MURT,
>> STERN, FARRY, HENNESSEY, McGEEHAN, COHEN AND
>> HORNAMAN, JANUARY 24, 2011
>> 
>> SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, IN SENATE, AS
>> AMENDED, MARCH 27, 2012
>> 
>> AN ACT
>> 
>> Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the
>> Pennsylvania
>> 
>> Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the
>> offense of cruelty to animals.
>> 
>> The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
>> Pennsylvania
>> 
>> hereby enacts as follo