Georgia House tells localities to enforce homeless camp bans

The Georgia House is telling cities and counties that they must enforce existing bans on public camping or sleeping by homeless people. Representative are also saying local governments and hospitals can’t dump homeless people in other counties without permission. The House voted 99-76 to pass Senate Bill 62 on Monday. Because a House committee amended the measure to add the ban on dumping, it goes back to the Senate for more debate. The measure passed over vociferous Democratic opposition. They accuse Republicans of trying to criminalize homelessness and impose unworkable requirements on local governments.