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Senate hears bill to clarify "tourist home" definition; health officials warn of public-health gap
Summary
Senate Bill 363 would revise the statutory definition of "tourist home" to limit licenses to entire homes never occupied by an owner or manager; supporters said the change would reduce licensing confusion and regulatory burden, while public-health officials warned it could exempt many short-term rentals from sanitation oversight.
Senator Daniel Zolnikov introduced Senate Bill 363, which would amend a definition in statute to clarify which short-term rentals require a tourist-home license.
Zolnikov said the bill rewrites the definition in 50-51-102(12) so a "tourist home" means a private home or condominium that is never occupied by an owner or manager and is rented in its entirety to transient guests. He said the change is intended to reduce confusion between rentals of a room in an owner-occupied home and fully unoccupied homes used solely as rentals.
"The definition of a tourist home has become confusing," attorney Stephanie Baucus told the…
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