Washington state Rep. Mia Gregerson is pushing legislation to give homeless people in the state special civil rights, reported 770 KTTH.

Gregerson, a Democrat, drafted a bill that would make homeless people a protected class and shield them from “discrimination based on housing status.”

“[M]any communities within Washington are enacting and enforcing laws that disproportionately impact homelessness or make living in public a crime,” the document reads. “These laws are potentially unconstitutional, make it harder for people to exit homelessness, do not solve the underlying problem of homelessness, and waste precious public funds.”

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