HB 1956 - Limiting Local Regulations of Homeless Shelters - Washington Key Vote
Judy Clibborn voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- March 23, 2010
- House Concurrence Vote Passed
- March 10, 2010
- Senate Bill Passed
- March 2, 2010
- House Bill Passed
- Feb. 10, 2010
- House Bill Passed
- March 3, 2009
- Introduced
- Feb. 4, 2009
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Title: Limiting Local Regulations of Homeless Shelters
Signed by Governor Chris Gregoire
Title: Limiting Local Regulations of Homeless Shelters
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes churches to establish temporary indoor or outdoor encampments for the homeless on their property, and limits local governments' ability to regulate churches' ability to provide housing and shelter for the homeless.
Highlights:
-Prohibits local governments from establishing an ordinance that does one of the following (Secs. 2-4):
- -"Unreasonably" interferes with the decisions or actions of a church with respect to providing housing or shelter for the homeless;
-"Unreasonably" prohibits or attempts to regulate the housing of the homeless based upon a church's proximity to a school or day care center; or
-Requires a church to obtain liability insurance to provide housing or shelter for the homeless.
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NOTE: AFTER PASSING THE CHAMBER OF ORIGIN, THE OPPOSING CHAMBER, BY RESOLUTION, RETURNED THE LEGISLATION TO THE CHAMBER OF ORIGIN, WHICH AGAIN VOTED ON PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATION. ALTHOUGH, ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS MAY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED SINCE THE FIRST PASSAGE VOTE.
Title: Limiting Local Regulations of Homeless Shelters
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes churches to establish temporary indoor or outdoor encampments for the homeless on their property, and limits local governments' ability to regulate churches' ability to provide housing and shelter for the homeless.
Highlights:
-Prohibits local governments from establishing an ordinance that does one of the following (Secs. 2-4):
- -"Unreasonably" interferes with the decisions or actions of a church with respect to providing housing or shelter for the homeless;
-"Unreasonably" prohibits or attempts to regulate the housing of the homeless based upon a church's proximity to a school or day care center; or
-Requires a church to obtain liability insurance to provide housing or shelter for the homeless.
Title: Limiting Local Regulations of Homeless Shelters
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NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.