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Committee approves transient room tax bill to fund visitor mitigation, EMS and outdoor recreation grants
Summary
The committee advanced a transient room tax amendment that raises the state rate by one percentage point and dedicates a portion of proceeds to EMS and visitor mitigation grants, origin counties and the state.
House Bill 456, the transient room tax amendments (first substitute), passed the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Standing Committee on Feb. 14, 2025, after extended stakeholder negotiations among counties, tourism interests and hoteliers.
Representative Bolender, sponsor of the bill, said the measure is intended to shift some of the cost of visitor impacts—search and rescue, EMS, solid waste and other mitigation—away from local residents and onto nonresident…
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