SB634 Enabling municipalities to adopt a municipal occupancy fee.
Enabling municipalities to adopt a municipal occupancy fee.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Would have created a new local fee on occupancy, potentially increasing costs for visitors and renters.
Your Community
Would have given municipalities a tool to capture revenue from tourism impacts and short-term rentals.
Your Freedom
Creates a new taxing mechanism at the local level, expanding government's revenue authority.
Status
Inexpedient to Legislate, Regular Calendar 15Y-9N, Motion Adopted === BILL KILLED ===; 01/29/2026; Senate Journal 2
Voted Yes
0 R
Voted No
0 R
Sponsor
Suzanne Prentiss (D)
The Short Version
Would have allowed municipalities to adopt occupancy fees, similar to a local hotel/rental tax. Killed 15-9, blocking a new revenue tool for towns facing tourism and short-term rental impacts.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Municipalities with high tourism traffic
- ▲ Local taxpayers who bear costs of tourism infrastructure
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Tourists and visitors paying new fees
- ▼ Short-term rental operators
- ▼ Hotel industry
Roll Call Detail (1 vote)
Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.
Who actually supports this bill?
Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans opposed it ( 1 for , 15 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 8 for ) .
"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.
YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.
Show all 24 individual votes
Voted Yea (15)
Voted Nay (9)
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