STATE LEGISLATURE
Texas House advances bill that would ban homeless encampments in public
The bill still needs final approval by the House — usually a formality after it's passed in the chamber's first vote — and then will head to the Senate.
By Karen Brooks Harper and Duncan Agnew, The Texas Tribune
Posted 5/5/21
The Texas House on Wednesday moved to advance a bill that would ban homeless encampments in public places statewide, a move that comes less than a week after voters in Austin reinstated a similar ban …
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