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Senate shrinks protest threshold in zoning bill after floor amendment, keeps local veto higher
Summary
Senators adopted an amendment to Senate File 40 that raised the protest threshold from 50% down to 33% and required a two-thirds vote by the governing body to override a protest; the amendment passed after floor debate on local control and development.
The Wyoming Senate on Jan. 20 passed a floor amendment to Senate File 40 that adjusts the thresholds for citizen protests of zoning regulation changes.
Senator Tyler Larson moved Amendment 1, which deletes a 50% protest threshold in the bill and replaces it with 33% and changes the override requirement to a two-thirds vote by the governing body. "I think we need to protect those, the minority out there," Larson said, explaining the…
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