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Committee advances bill to restore 1% hotel tax and add 0.5% restaurant sales increase

Senate Committee on Local and Private · March 12, 2026
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Summary

Senate Bill 33 28 seeks to put back a 1% hotel/motel tax and raise restaurant sales by 0.5%; the committee moved the bill forward after clarifying the hotel 1% had been removed earlier and expressed intent to 'clean it back up.'

Senate Bill 33 28 was called up seeking to restore a 1% hotel/motel tax and to increase restaurant sales taxes by 0.5 percent. The Chair explained that the 1% hotel provision had been removed previously and the current bill attempts to reinstate it and tidy up the statutory language before sending it back to finance.

A committee member moved the title-sufficient/do pass motion, the committee recorded affirmative responses, and the bill was reported out. The transcript contains no public comment or numerical revenue estimates tied to the proposed rate changes.