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House committee advances substitute for HB 2489 limiting criminalization of life-sustaining activities on public property
Summary
The House Housing Committee advanced substitute House Bill 2489, which would bar local governments from criminalizing life-sustaining activities on public property unless adequate alternative shelter space was demonstrably available; the substitute, with several amendments adopted or withdrawn, was reported out by a 9–8 vote.
The House Housing Committee on Feb. 2 voted to report substitute House Bill 2489 out of committee with a "do pass" recommendation after a detailed staff briefing and amendment debate. Audrey Vasek, staff to the committee, walked members through the substitute by Representative Gregersen, which would prohibit local laws that criminalize or penalize life-sustaining activities on public property unless the jurisdiction can demonstrate adequate alternative shelter space was available at the time and place of the conduct.
The proposed substitute narrows the definition of "life-sustaining activities" to moving, resting, sitting, standing, lying down, sleeping, protecting oneself and personal property from the…
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