SB 218 IN

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Establishes the low barrier homeless shelter task force. Beginning July 1, 2022: (1) allows a township trustee to place a homeless individual temporarily in a county home or provide temporary township assistance; and (2) requires the township trustees within a county to collaborate and prepare a list of public and private resources available to the homeless population that is distributed and published on the county's Internet web site, if the county has a web site, not later than March 1 of each year. Provides that a person commits the offense of criminal trespass if: (1) the person, who does not have a contractual interest in the property, knowingly or intentionally enters or refuses to leave the property of another person after having been prohibited from entering or asked to leave the property by a law enforcement officer when the property is designated by a municipality or county enforcement authority to be an unsafe building or premises; or (2) the person knowingly or intentionally enters the property of another person after being denied entry by a court order that has been issued to the person or issued to the general public by conspicuous posting on or around the premises in areas where a person can observe the order when the property has been designated by a municipality or county enforcement authority to be an unsafe building or premises; unless the person has the written permission of the owner, the owner's agent, an enforcement authority, or a court to come onto the property for purposes of performing maintenance, repair, or demolition. Provides that an individual who harasses another person with the intent to obtain property from the other person commits aggressive harassment, a Class C misdemeanor. Defines "harasses". Repeals the chapter concerning panhandling.

• Jack Sandlin · author
• Rick Niemeyer Republican · author
• Jim Pressel Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 7, 2021 Authored by Senator Sandlin · upper
2. Jan 7, 2021 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
3. Feb 11, 2021 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
4. Feb 15, 2021 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
5. Feb 16, 2021 House sponsor: Representative Pressel · upper
6. Feb 16, 2021 Senator Niemeyer added as second author · upper
7. Feb 16, 2021 Senator Lanane added as coauthor · upper
8. Feb 16, 2021 Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor · upper
9. Feb 16, 2021 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 127: yeas 46, nays 0 · upper
10. Feb 17, 2021 Referred to the House · upper
11. Mar 1, 2021 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government · lower
12. Mar 18, 2021 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
13. Mar 22, 2021 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
14. Mar 23, 2021 Representative Zent added as cosponsor · lower
15. Mar 23, 2021 Representative Moed added as cosponsor · lower
16. Mar 23, 2021 Representative Bauer M added as cosponsor · lower
17. Mar 29, 2021 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 314: yeas 92, nays 1 · lower
18. Mar 29, 2021 Rule 105.1 suspended · lower
19. Mar 29, 2021 Representative Ledbetter C added as cosponsor · lower
20. Mar 30, 2021 Returned to the Senate with amendments · lower
21. Mar 31, 2021 Motion to concur filed · upper
22. Apr 1, 2021 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 317: yeas 48, nays 0 · upper
23. Apr 12, 2021 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
24. Apr 13, 2021 Signed by the Speaker · lower
25. Apr 19, 2021 Public Law 75 · upper
26. Apr 19, 2021 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
27. Apr 19, 2021 Signed by the Governor · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Enrolled Senate Bill (S) · Apr 5, 2021 · PDF
• Introduced Senate Bill (S) · Jan 6, 2021 · PDF
• Senate Bill (S) · Feb 11, 2021 · PDF
• Senate Bill (H) · Mar 18, 2021 · PDF