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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Joshua Fechter

Texas lawmaker abruptly spiked his bill to punish cities that don’t deal with homeless encampments

A tent stands in a field after being removed from a homeless encampment underneath Interstate Highway 45 in Dallas, Texas on Friday, July 22, 2022.
A tent stands in a field after being removed from a homeless encampment underneath Interstate 45 in Dallas in 2022. (Credit: Emil Lippe for The Texas Tribune)

A proposal in the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature to enhance a statewide ban on homeless encampments met a spectacular demise late Monday when the bill’s sponsor effectively ended debate on the bill.

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