BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 2583: Local lodging excise taxes

Concerning authority to impose local excise taxes on lodging.

Summary

Lowers the population threshold for a city to impose a 4 percent special lodging tax to a city with a population of at least 200,000 located in a county with a population of at least 500,000.
Allows the board of a public facilities district to impose the 2 percent public facilities lodging tax without voter approval.
Removes certain rate limits on lodging taxes.

From the House Bill Analysis 2026 (HB 2583), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to authority to impose local excise taxes on lodging;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 2583 (2019–20) Student transp./out-of-home · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2583 (2017–18) Local rent regulation · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2583 (2015–16) Local creative districts · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2583 (2013–14) Charter school CEOs · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2583 (2011–12) Public assistance fraud · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2583 (2009–10) Pub record request violation · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2583 (2007–08) Prescription refills · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2583 (2005–06) Comm & tech college employee · Enacted · Chapter 308, Laws of 2006