5167-S.E AMH COUT VANJ 200

ESSB 5167 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-2095.1/25) 926

By Representative Couture

NOT ADOPTED 03/31/2025

On page 44, line 10, after "(20)" insert "(a)"

On page 44, line 12, after "for grants" insert "to local governments"

On page 44, after line 19, insert the following:

"(b) To receive a grant under (a) of this subsection, a city or county must adopt an ordinance making it unlawful for any person to camp on public property within 500 feet of:

(i) Public or private elementary or secondary schools;

(ii) School walk areas, as determined under rules promulgated by the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to RCW 28A.150.290;

(iii) Child day care centers, as defined in RCW 43.216.010;

(iv) Public parks, as defined in RCW 69.50.435;

(v) City or county courthouses;

(vi) Areas that have been the site of an illegal encampment with more than one police response for violence in the past month; and

(vii) Areas that the city or county has identified as necessary to avoid water contamination.

(c) Upon adoption of the ordinance required under (b) of this subsection, the city or county legislative authority must submit copies of the ordinance to the department to demonstrate eligibility to receive a grant under (a) of this subsection.

(d) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this subsection unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(i) "Camp" or "camping" means to pitch, use, or occupy camp facilities for the purposes of habitation, as evidenced by the use of camp paraphernalia. Camp facilities include, but are not limited to, tents, huts, temporary shelters, or vehicles if said vehicle is being used as temporary living quarters, and may include a recreational vehicle, tent, tarpaulin, lean-to, sleeping bag, bedroll, blankets, or any form of cover or protection from the elements other than clothing. Camp paraphernalia includes, but is not limited to, tarpaulins, cots, beds, sleeping bags, blankets, mattresses, hammocks, or cooking facilities or equipment. For the purposes of this subsection, "camp" and "camping" do not include the use of camp facilities at an area designated for temporary recreational camping.

(ii) "Public property" means any street, alley, sidewalk, parking space, pedestrian or transit mall, bike path, greenway, or any other structure or area encompassed within the public right-of-way; any park, parkway, mountain park, or other recreation facility; or any other grounds, buildings, fixtures, or other facilities owned or leased by the state or by any other public owner, regardless of whether such public property is vacant or occupied and actively used for any public purpose."

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