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House committee hears bill to shift lodging taxes toward $400 property-tax rebate; panel tables measure 19-2
Summary
Representative Falk proposed HB 946 to raise lodging/rental-car taxes and use debt-and-liability-free funds to provide roughly $400 per primary residence in year one; lodging industry witnesses opposed, and the committee tabled the bill 19-2 during executive action.
Representative Falk introduced House Bill 946 to the House Taxation Committee as a mechanism to provide property-tax relief by revising lodging and rental-car taxes and tapping the state's "debt and liability free" account for an initial rebate.
Falk told the committee the bill is modeled in part after Senate Bill 90 and would allow an initial $400 rebate per principal residence, paid from the debt-and-liability-free account in fiscal 2025, and might be followed by ongoing receipts from an adjusted lodging tax. "This is a workable tax shift," Falk said, and offered an example: "Estimating an approximate room rate of $250, then 1% of that is $2.50. If you stay in a room 10 times a year, it's $25," while the proposed rebate would be about $345 to an eligible homeowner.
Proponents argued the proposal would link tourism-related revenue to…
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