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Committee adopts substitute for homelessness bill focused on structured residence halls; clarifies enforcement and finance referral
Summary
Senate Bill 873, addressing homelessness, was amended in committee: members adopted an amendment removing broad law-enforcement direction and refocused the bill on repurposing vacant buildings into structured residence halls; the committee reported the substitute to the full Senate and referred it to Finance under original double reference.
The Senate Health Committee adopted a committee substitute to Senate Bill 873 and reported it to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass, with the bill first to be referred to the Committee on Finance under the original double reference.
Counsel described the bill’s purpose as addressing homelessness and said the original language required law enforcement to enforce existing statutes related to loitering and vagrancy, initiating evaluations for…
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