INDIANAPOLIS — By a 52-40 vote, the Indiana House passed a Senate bill that would empower law enforcement to arrest homeless persons and charge them with a C misdemeanor should they be found sleeping or camping on public property and refusing referral to emergency shelter resources and services.
The bill now returns to the Indiana Senate for more debate.
SB-197 was crafted to protect the rights of property owners facing housing code violations, regulate illegal dumping and eliminate requirements to provide renters with utility use data…