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Committee adopts amendment to align state mileage and lodging rules with GSA rates; raises legislative monthly lodging to 75% of GSA

2175497 · January 30, 2025
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Summary

The committee amended Senate Bill 2084 to use the federal General Services Administration (GSA) mileage rate in place of a fixed cents-per-mile figure and to change legislators' monthly lodging allowance to 75% of the GSA monthly rate. The amendment passed and the bill was re-referred to appropriations, 6-0.

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to amend Senate Bill 2084 to reference federal General Services Administration (GSA) rates for travel reimbursement instead of maintaining the state-specific cents-per-mile figure and to set the legislative monthly lodging allowance at 75% of the applicable GSA monthly rate.

Senator Wallen moved the amendment…

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