Florida lawmakers look to curb sleeping in public
A Senate committee Monday backed a proposal that would prevent counties and cities from allowing people to sleep or camp on public property without permits.
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A Senate committee Monday backed a proposal that would prevent counties and cities from allowing people to sleep or camp on public property without permits.
A Senate committee backed a proposal that would prevent counties and cities from allowing people to sleep on public property without permits.
A Senate committee Monday backed a proposal that would prevent counties and cities from allowing people to sleep or camp on public property without permits.Bill sponsor Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, called his proposal (SB 1530) a way to address a mental-health crisis in the state and to assist the “chronically homeless.”
A state Senate committee backed a proposal stopping counties and cities from allowing people to sleep on public property without permits.
A Senate committee Monday backed a proposal that would ban counties and cities from allowing people to sleep or camp on public property without permits. A Senate staff analysis said the bill doesn’t define the terms “sleeping,” “camping” or “permitting.”