{"data":{"id":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-48-8","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"720 ILCS 5/48-8","heading":"Service animal access.","body":"(a) When a person with a physical, mental, or intellectual disability requiring the use of a service animal is accompanied by a service animal or when a trainer of a service animal is accompanied by a service animal, neither the person nor the service animal shall be denied the right of entry and use of facilities of any public place of accommodation as defined in Section 5-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.\nFor the purposes of this Section, \"service animal\" means a dog or miniature horse trained or being trained as a hearing animal, a guide animal, an assistance animal, a seizure alert animal, a mobility animal, a psychiatric service animal, an autism service animal, or an animal trained for any other physical, mental, or intellectual disability. \"Service animal\" includes a miniature horse that a public place of accommodation shall make reasonable accommodation so long as the public place of accommodation takes into consideration: (1) the type, size, and weight of the miniature horse and whether the facility can accommodate its features; (2) whether the handler has sufficient control of the miniature horse; (3) whether the miniature horse is housebroken; and (4) whether the miniature horse's presence in the facility compromises legitimate safety requirements necessary for operation.\n(b) A person who knowingly violates this Section commits a Class C misdemeanor.","path":["CHAPTER 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES","Criminal Code of 2012."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1876\u0026ChapterID=53\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:41Z","sha256":"be0efe47f264204ce46a42df438b82ee83cabce079b0b48e762d7f84ae96a3b0","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-48-7","next":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-48-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}