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Committee retains bill altering travel-and-tourism formula for further study
Summary
Lawmakers discussed changes to the formula that determines the travel and tourism budget's base and retained Senate Bill 63 for additional work; the retain motion passed 8‑1 on a roll call.
Members of the House Finance Committee voted to retain Senate Bill 63 after a brief discussion about how changes to the meals and rooms tax formula affect the travel and tourism appropriation and related municipal and education disbursements.
Representative Sweeney moved to retain the bill. Committee members debated whether the bill’s adjustments — which would restore certain municipal receipts to the base used to calculate the travel and tourism allocation — have broader effects on municipal distributions and the Education Trust Fund. Several members urged more in‑depth review because the budget is already under revision.
The committee recorded a roll‑call vote on the motion to retain. Vice Chairman Campbells voted yes, Representative Griffin yes, Representative Sweeney yes, Representative Wyler yes, Representative Ebel yes, the committee clerk yes, Representative Muns no, Representative Hacken Phillips yes, and Chairman Maguire cast a yes vote. The motion to retain passed 8 to 1.
