The lodging tax bill endorsed by Governor Mark Gordon this year has passed the Senate on third and final reading, but now must return to the House for concurrence on amendments placed on the original bill by the Senate. The bill as approved would modify lodging tax rules in Wyoming, creating a 5% statewide lodging tax. While local governments could still impose their own lodging taxes, the maximum local rate would be reduced from 4% to 2%; but counties would see a portion of revenues from the 5% statewide lodging tax. Before final passage in the Senate, there was a last-ditch effort to kill the measure which overwhelmingly failed. However, an amendment that would prevent money collected through the statewide lodging tax from being spent on lobbying efforts was adopted by the Senate. Another amendment had been proposed by the Senate Appropriations Committee when the bill first moved from the House to the Senate that would eliminate an aspect of the House bill which would have allowed counties to impose the local lodging tax via ordinance or resolution. The Senate adopted that suggestion, meaning voters would decide whether local lodging taxes will be imposed.
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