FAILED
in the State House of Representatives
on March 26, 2015, by a vote of 16-124
. Purpose:To implement an additional $2.00 per night occupancy tax on top of the existing 9% rooms & meals tax. .
Analysis: Those voting YES on the Davis Amendment wanted to raise an additional $10 million on top of the $33.2 million raised in the underlying bill. .
Those voting NO opposed the tax increase due to the potential negative impact on small businesses and tourism. .
As Recorded in the House Journal, Thursday, March 26, 2015:“Shall the bill be amended as recommended by Rep. Davis of Washington and others? was decided in the negative. Yeas, 16. Nays, 124.” (Read the Journal, p.649-651.)
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