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2006 Budget Session
HB 187 was identical to HB 84, except for its duration and the size of its appropriation.
Both bills would have exempted the sale of gas, electricity or heat for domestic home consumption from paying sales tax. Under HB 187, the exemption would have lasted for one year, from July 1, 2006 until June 30, 2007. Under HB 84, the exemption would have lasted for two years, from July 1, 2006 until June 30, 2008.
HB 187 would have appropriated $10.1 million from the general fund for local governments to maintain the revenue that they would otherwise lose as a result of this sales tax exemption, while HB 84 contained a $14 million appropriation for the same purpose.
Supporters of both bills noted that sales tax is a regressive form of taxation, especially when food and home heating and lighting are included, as they currently are in Wyoming. Everyone must heat and light their homes, and when basic living necessities are taxed, low-income families are hit the hardest. They have no choice about buying these items, and they end up paying a higher proportion of their income on taxes than do families with more money.
Opponents may have preferred other tax reduction options before the 2006 Legislature, or they may have opposed sales tax reductions for citizens in general.
Another bill in this 2006 legislative session, HB 117, proposed a permanent sales tax exemption on food for home consumption from paying sales tax in Wyoming, plus the same two-year sales tax exemption on gas, electricity or heat for domestic use as was proposed in HB 84. (The House Revenue Committee defeated HB 117.)
HB 187 failed the vote for introduction in the House, as did HB 84, although HB 84 came much closer to passing. The vote for introduction on HB 187 was 30-29 (1 excused), 10 votes short of the necessary two-thirds majority (40 votes in the 60 member House) that is required to introduce a non-budget bill during a budget session of the Legislature.
The votes listed below are the House votes for introduction. A YES vote means the representative wanted to consider exempting the sale of gas, electricity or heat for domestic home use from paying state sales tax for one year only. A NO vote means the legislator did not want to consider this sales tax exemption.
| Bighorn Basin Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 18 | Hank Coe (R) | |
| H 24 | Colin Simpson (R) | Yes |
| H 50 | Pat Childers (R) | No |
| S 19 | Laness D. Northrup (R) | |
| H 25 | Alan Jones (R) | No |
| H 26 | Elaine Harvey (R) | Yes |
| S 20 | Gerald E. Geis (R) | |
| H 27 | Debbie Hammons (D) | Yes |
| H 28 | Lorraine Quarberg (R) | Yes |
| Casper-Area Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 27 | John Barrasso (R) | |
| H 35 | Roy Cohee (R) | No |
| H 36 | Gerald Gay (R) | No |
| S 28 | Kit Jennings (R) | |
| H 56 | Tom Walsh (R) | No |
| H 57 | Thomas A. Lockhart (R) | No |
| S 29 | Bill Hawks (R) | |
| H 37 | Steve Harshman (R) | Yes |
| H 59 | Mary Gilmore (D) | No |
| S 30 | Charles K. Scott (R) | |
| H 38 | Bob Brechtel (R) | No |
| H 58 | Ann Robinson (D) | No |
| Cheyenne-Area Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 4 | Tony Ross (R) | |
| H 7 | Doug Samuelson (R) | Yes |
| H 41 | Becket Hinckley (R) | Yes |
| S 5 | John Hanes (R) | |
| H 8 | Larry Meuli (R) | Yes |
| H 42 | Pete Illoway (R) | Yes |
| S 6 | Wayne H. Johnson (R) | |
| H 9 | Bryan Pedersen (R) | Yes |
| H 10 | Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R) | Yes |
| S 7 | Kathryn Sessions (D) | |
| H 11 | Wayne Reese (D) | Yes |
| H 43 | Dan Zwonitzer (R) | Yes |
| S 8 | E. Jayne Mockler (D) | |
| H 12 | Layton Morgan (D) | Yes |
| H 44 | Floyd Esquibel (D) | Yes |
| Gillette-Area Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 23 | John Hines (R) | |
| H 31 | Thomas E. Lubnau II (R) | No |
| H 52 | Burke Jackson (R) | Excused |
| S 24 | Michael Von Flatern (R) | |
| H 32 | Jeff Wasserburger (R) | No |
| H 53 | Erin Mercer (R) | No |
| Lander/Riverton-Area Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 25 | Cale Case (R) | |
| H 33 | W. Patrick Goggles (D) | Yes |
| H 54 | Del McOmie (R) | Yes |
| S 26 | Robert A. Peck (R) | |
| H 34 | Frank Philp (R) | Yes |
| H 55 | David Miller (R) | Yes |
| Northeast/East Central WY Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 1 | C.L. Townsend (R) | |
| H 1 | Mark Semlek (R) | No |
| H 2 | Ross Diercks (D) | Yes |
| S 2 | Jim Anderson (R) | |
| H 5 | James C. Hageman (R) | No |
| H 6 | Dave Edwards (R) | No |
| S 3 | Curt Meier (R) | |
| H 3 | Deborah Alden (R) | Yes |
| H 4 | Edward A. Buchanan (R) | No |
| Sheridan-Area Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 21 | Bruce Burns (R) | |
| H 29 | Jerry Iekel (R) | No |
| H 51 | Rosie Berger (R) | Yes |
| S 22 | John Schiffer (R) | |
| H 30 | Jack Landon (R) | Yes |
| H 40 | Doug Osborn (R) | No |
| South Central WY Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 9 | Mike Massie (D) | |
| H 13 | Jane Warren (D) | Yes |
| H 45 | Kevin A. White (R) | Yes |
| S 10 | Phil Nicholas (R) | |
| H 14 | Kermit C. Brown (R) | No |
| H 46 | James Slater (R) | No |
| S 11 | Bill Vasey (D) | |
| H 15 | George Bagby (D) | No |
| H 47 | Kurt Bucholz (R) | No |
| Southwest WY Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 12 | Rae Lynn Job (D) | |
| H 48 | Marty Martin (D) | No |
| H 16 | Pete Jorgensen (D) | No |
| S 13 | Tex Boggs (D) | |
| H 17 | Stephen Watt (R) | Yes |
| H 60 | Bill Thompson (D) | No |
| S 14 | Stan Cooper (R) | |
| H 18 | Mick Powers (R) | No |
| H 39 | John Hastert (D) | Yes |
| S 15 | Ken Decaria (D) | |
| H 19 | Owen Petersen (R) | No |
| H 49 | Bruce Barnard (R) | Yes |
| West Central WY Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 16 | Pat Aullman (R) | |
| H 20 | Kathy Davison (R) | Yes |
| H 21 | Randall Luthi (R) | Yes |
| S 17 | Grant Larson (R) | |
| H 22 | Monte Olsen (R) | No |
| H 23 | Keith Gingery (R) | No |
See Southwest Region for H 16 and S 12 | ||