HB 73: Sales Tax Holiday
2007 General Session

Sponsor: Rep. Dan Zwonitzer (R-H43, Cheyenne)

HB 73 would have specified that, for one weekend every year, sales of certain personal items would be exempt from sales tax. On the first weekend in August, people buying clothing costing $100 or less per item, computers and related computer equipment costing $1,500 or less per item, and school and sports supplies costing $50 or less per item would not have been charged sales tax.

The decrease in sales tax revenue from the proposed tax holiday could not be estimated, because retail sales are not segregated into these categories or by these financial thresholds. HB 73 did not contain any provision for revenue impacts to local governments.

The House Revenue Committee defeated HB 73 on a 4-5 vote. Representatives Ken Esquibel (D-H41, Cheyenne), Mary Gilmore (D-H59, Casper), Tom Walsh (R-H56, Casper) and Dave Zwonitzer (R-H2, Cheyenne) voted in favor of the bill. Representatives Pete Anderson (R-H10, Pine Bluffs), Tom Lubnau (R-H31, Gillette), Mike Madden (R-H40, Buffalo), David Miller (R-H55, Riverton) and Mark Semlek (R-H1, Moorcroft) voted against the measure.

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