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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
November 21, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter and
Spreitzer, cosponsored by Representatives Gustafson, Doyle,
C. Anderson,
Behnke, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Jacobson, Joers, Magnafici, Murphy,
Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Ratcliff and Sinicki. Referred to Committee on
Health.
SB728,1,2
1An Act to amend 174.055 of the statutes;
relating to: license fee exemptions
2for a dog that is a service animal.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, every dog specifically trained to lead blind or deaf persons
or to provide support for mobility-impaired persons is exempt from the dog license
tax, and every person owning such a dog receives a free dog license annually from
the local collecting officer upon application.
This bill provides that any dog that is a service animal is exempt from the dog
license tax, and every person owning such a dog receives a free dog license annually
from the local collecting officer upon application. Under the bill, a service animal is
a guide dog, signal dog, or other animal that is individually trained or is being trained
to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including
the work or task of guiding a person with impaired vision, alerting a person with
impaired hearing to intruders or sound, providing minimal protection or rescue
work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB728,1
3Section
1. 174.055 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB728,2,6
1174.055 Exemption of certain dogs for blind, deaf and
2mobility-impaired. Every dog
specially trained to lead blind or deaf persons or to
3provide support for mobility-impaired persons that is a service animal, as defined
4in s. 106.52 (1) (fm), is exempt from the dog license tax and every person owning such
5a dog shall receive annually a free dog license from the local collecting officer upon
6application.
