Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.
HB 3179 allows counties where the Llano River and James River meet to impose a hotel occupancy tax. It specifically affects hotels located in those counties but exempts hotels in municipalities that already charge a tax under Chapter 351 (like cities with their own hotel taxes). The bill amends the Tax Code to create this limited tax authority for the designated area. This policy change directly impacts hotels in the specified counties and clarifies tax jurisdiction between counties and municipalities.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 20, 2025
Last action May 21, 2025
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2 edits
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May 14, 2025
MINOR
The bill was reformatted and its scope was expanded to include an additional county eligibility criterion. The original text focused only on a specific county defined by river confluence, while the new version adds a second category allowing counties with populations under 145,000 that contain part of Lake Ray Hubbard to also impose the hotel occupancy tax.
Scope change
Expanded eligibility to include counties with populations under 145,000 containing Lake Ray Hubbard in addition to the previously specified county defined by river confluence.
ELIGIBILITY
Added a new eligibility criterion allowing commissioners courts of counties with populations under 145,000 that contain a portion of Lake Ray Hubbard to impose the hotel occupancy tax.
TECHNICAL
Reformatted bill header and section numbering from the original draft format to the final engrossed version format.
Floor votes · House May 14, 2025
How they voted
84–50
Passed · 11 other
Total votes 145
May 14, 2025
D
Democratic60
85% Yea
R
Republican85
51% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Amendments
2
May 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to Economic Development
upper
May 21, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 14, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Committee
Referred to Ways & Means
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Wes Virdell
RRepublican
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