Wyoming House Delays Vote On Property Tax Cut Bill Again

The Wyoming House of Representatives on Tuesday again laid back a potential deciding vote on a 50 percent residential property tax cut bill.

The House also laid back a deciding vote on the bill on Friday,

Senate File 69 would cut residential property taxes in half for two years. The Senate has already signed off on one version of the bill that would not reimburse local governments for the lost tax revenues. But the House made several changes in it's version of the same bill, including lowering the cap on properties covered under the bill from $1 million to $500,000 and voting to allocate $100 million to backfill to reimburse local governments for lost revenues.

If the House keeps those changes intact on third and final reading of the measure, that would likely mean a House/Senate Conference Committee would try to hammer out a compromise measure that would then go back to both houses of the legislature. If they concur with the compromise it would then go on to Governor Mark Gordon, who could decide to either sign or veto the measure or allow it to become law without his signature.

But until the House holds a decisive vote on the bill, we won't know if in fact the two bodies will have to reach a compromise or not. It's possible the House version of the bill could be amended on third reading to match the Senate version.

School Restrooms Bill Also Laid Back

The House on Tuesday also laid back a bill on second reading to require public school students in Wyoming to only use the restroom corresponding with their sex at birth. You can read Senate File 62 here.