Commerce and Consumer Affairs subcommittee backs amendment clarifying hotel age and posting rules

The Commerce and Consumer Affairs subcommittee voted unanimously to recommend Senate Bill 19 "ought to pass as amended," approving amendment number 1689 that removes an outdated requirement that hotelkeepers post rental rates inside guest rooms and clarifies how age-related rental policies should be treated.

The amendment, discussed in subcommittee, was framed as a cleanup of "archaic" language in the state Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA). Members and industry representatives said existing text is vague about age—leaving hotels uncertain whether they could be compelled to rent to minors or very young children—and that the amendment would give hotel owners clearer authority to adopt and publish age-related policies.

Mike Summers, with the New Hampshire…