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House passes measure directing DOT to clear personal property from dangerous highway locations after unsuccessfully considering safeguards for unhoused people
Summary
The Tennessee House passed a bill directing the Department of Transportation to clear abandoned personal property used for camping from hazardous state-right-of-way locations after floor votes failed to add notice and service-provider safeguards for affected people.
The Tennessee House passed Senate Bill 217, directing the Department of Transportation to develop and implement a policy to remove abandoned personal property used for camping from dangerous locations on state highways, including shoulders, under bridges and overpasses.
Sponsor Representative Leatherwood said the bill requires the department to work with local governments, homeless coalitions and nonprofit service providers in developing memoranda of understanding to address both public-safety hazards and the needs of…
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