There are more than 385,000 service dogs across the United States.

that service dogs are trained to help people in need but many are taking advantage of that.

A new bill that is pre-filled by Representative Kim King of Harrodsburg would update Kentucky's current law for service animals.

This law would make it illegal to fake a service dog and allow officers to investigate, issue a citation, and require someone to remove their dog from the area.

Karen Shirk is with 4 Paws For Ability and she believes the law is a good first step because faking service dogs could actually hurt those who need them.

"They're not thinking, if I take my dog out and it poops in the store and grabs food off the shelves and growls at somebody, now real people who have disabilities are going to have a harder time with those dogs, they're not thinking about the harm they're doing to other people," said Shirk.