H.F. 2333 Section 1. Section 216C.11, subsection 1, Code 2026, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. A person with a disability, a person assisting a 3 person with a disability by controlling a service animal or 4 a service-animal-in-training, or a person training a service 5 animal has the right to be accompanied by a service animal 6 or service-animal-in-training, under control, in any of the 7 places listed in sections 216C.3 and 216C.4 and any other 8 place where a service animal or service-animal-in-training 9 is otherwise permitted or allowed by law without being 10 required to make additional payment for the service animal or 11 service-animal-in-training. The person is liable for damage 12 done to any premises or facility by a service animal or a 13 service-animal-in-training. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 Under current law, a person with a disability, a person 18 assisting a person with a disability by controlling a service 19 animal or a service-animal-in-training, or a person training 20 a service animal has the right to be accompanied by a service 21 animal or service-animal-in-training to streets, highways, 22 sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public places, public 23 elevators, public facilities, common carriers, airplanes, 24 motor vehicles, railroad trains, motorbuses, streetcars, 25 boats, public conveyances or modes of transportation, hotels, 26 lodging places, eating places, places of public accommodation 27 or amusement or resort, and other places the general public 28 is invited. A person who knowingly denies or interferes 29 with this right is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. This 30 bill specifies that the right to be accompanied by a service 31 animal or service-animal-in-training also applies in any other 32 place where a service animal or service-animal-in-training is 33 permitted or allowed under state or federal law. 34 -1- LSB 6027YH (2) 91 lh/jh 1/ 1