SHB 1258: Increasing tourism to Washington state through enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing necessary match requirements.

What this bill does

Requires a one-to-one, instead of two-to-one, nonstate or state fund, other than state general fund, match for all expenditures from the Statewide Tourism Marketing Account (Account). Increases the amount of revenue collected from the tax on the retail sales of lodging, car rentals, and restaurants that must be deposited into the Account from up to $3 million per biennium to up to $26 million.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 2023
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 20, 2023
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 19, 2023
  49 yea · 0 nay

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• HB 1896: Simplifying the funding provisions of the statewide tourism marketing account.