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Committee advances bill to let city collect Prop S short-term rental fee
Summary
The Budget and Public Employees Committee voted to advance Board Bill 1 26, a committee substitute authorizing the license collector to collect the short-term rental fee approved by voters as Proposition S (2024); the bill directs voluntary platform collection efforts and allocates revenue to affordable housing programs.
On Feb. 4, 2026, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen's Budget and Public Employees Committee voted to advance Board Bill 1 26, a committee substitute that authorizes the city's license collector to collect the short-term rental fee approved by voters as Proposition S in 2024.
Alderman Bretton Orion, the bill's sponsor, told the committee the measure is narrow in scope: "The one thing that this bill does is enable the license collector to collect the fee passed by the voters in, 2024 ... as Prop S," and that the president's office will continue working with online rental platforms to seek voluntary collection agreements. Orion…
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