Indiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 3 R · 3 D cosponsors

SB 218 — Township homeless assistance.

Last action — Signed by the Governor

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    3 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 R · 3 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

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.

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Signed by the President of the Senate

  3. Public Law 75

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 317: yeas 48, nays 0

  7. Motion to concur filed

  8. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  9. Representative Ledbetter C added as cosponsor

  10. Rule 105.1 suspended

  11. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 314: yeas 92, nays 1

  12. Representative Bauer M added as cosponsor

  13. Representative Moed added as cosponsor

  14. Representative Zent added as cosponsor

  15. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  16. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  17. First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government

  18. Referred to the House

  19. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 127: yeas 46, nays 0

  20. Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor

  21. Senator Lanane added as coauthor

  22. Senator Niemeyer added as second author

  23. House sponsor: Representative Pressel

  24. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  25. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  26. First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government

  27. Authored by Senator Sandlin

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 141 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (141)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 218 do?
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.
Who sponsors SB 218?
SB 218 is sponsored by Jack Sandlin, Rick Niemeyer (Republican), Timothy Lanane, Fady Qaddoura (Democrat), Jim Pressel (Republican), Dennis Zent, Justin Moed (Democrat), Maureen Bauer (Democrat), and Cindy Ledbetter (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 218?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2021. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 218?
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