Wisconsin Wisconsin Service Dog Law

Definitions​

Under cruelty laws:

“Service dog” means a dog that is trained for the purpose of assisting a person with a sensory, mental, or physical disability or accommodating such a disability.

W. S. A. 951.01

SDIT Covered?​

Yes. No person may refuse to permit entrance into, or use of, or otherwise deny the full and equal enjoyment of any public place of accommodation or amusement to a person with a disability or to a service animal trainer because the person with a disability or the trainer is accompanied by a service animal.

Provisions only apply to service animal trainer if the animal accompanying the service animal trainer is wearing a harness or a leash and special cape.

W. S. A. 106.52

Accommodation Law​

Public accommodation:

No person may refuse to permit entrance into, or use of, any public place of accommodation to person with a disability with a service animal, with exceptions.
A person who willfully violates this paragraph shall, for the first violation, forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 with penalty enhancements for violations occurring within 5 years.
W. S. A. 106.52

Harassment of/Interference with Service Dogs​

No person, after receiving a notice, may do any of the following:

Interference with service dog:

• Recklessly interfere with the use of the service dog by obstructing or intimidating it or otherwise jeopardizing its safety or the safety of its user (class B misdemeanor).
• Intentionally interfere with the use of the service dog by obstructing or intimidating it or otherwise jeopardizing its safety or the safety of its user (class A misdemeanor).

Allow dog to interfere with service dog:

• Recklessly allow his or her dog to interfere with the use of a service dog by obstructing or intimidating it or otherwise jeopardizing its safety or the safety of its user (class B misdemeanor).
• Intentionally allow his or her dog to interfere with the use of a service dog by obstructing or intimidating it or otherwise jeopardizing its safety or the safety of its user (class A misdemeanor).

Injure a service dog:

• Recklessly injure a service dog or recklessly allow his or her dog to injure a service dog (class A misdemeanor).
• Intentionally injure a service dog or intentionally allow his or her dog to injure a service dog (Class I felony).

Kill a service dog:

• Recklessly cause the death of a service dog (Class I felony).
• Intentionally cause the death of a service dog (Class H felony).

Steal a service dog or take possession:

Take possession of or exert control over a service dog without the consent of its owner or user and with the intent to deprive another of the use of the service dog (Class H felony).

W. S. A. 951.097

(Penalties, which include "pecuniary loss," are provided in W. S. A. 951.18)

Driving Law​

An operator of a vehicle shall stop the vehicle before approaching closer than 10 feet to a pedestrian who is using a service animal, and shall take such precautions as may be necessary to avoid accident or injury to the pedestrian.

W. S. A. 346.26