“I was concerned because I’ve never been in trouble in my life,” Kayla Phillips told National Public Radio. “And if we would have stayed out there another 30 days, I could have got a felony.”

Phillips and her boyfriend Juan Brito are just some of the many formerly homeless people in Tennessee who are moving into apartments after the state outlawed camping on public property. Many cities have had similar laws for years, but Tennessee became the seventh state to do so this year. The law went into effect July 1.