HB 3567 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

HB 3567 authorizes specific Texas counties (with over 125,000 population, bordering the Red River, and a county seat over 100,000) to impose a 2% hotel occupancy tax on room prices. Revenue from this tax must be used exclusively for tourism-related purposes, including funding sporting events, public spaces like amphitheaters, cultural grants, museum expansions, and up to 10% for administrative costs. The bill expires on September 1, 2030, and applies only to qualifying counties meeting all three population criteria. It does not create new taxes but allows existing counties to adopt this specific tax with defined revenue uses.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Last action May 21, 2025
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Introduced Engrossed · 2 edits · May 15, 2025
MINOR
The bill was reformatted with new page headers and footers containing digital content and tracking information. The substantive legislative text remains unchanged, maintaining the same provisions for counties to impose hotel occupancy taxes and use revenue for specific purposes.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and metadata were added.
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Added page headers and footers with bill tracking numbers, version identifiers, and accessibility compliance notices.

Removed original page numbering and formatting markers used in the introduced version.

Floor votes · House May 15, 2025

How they voted

9546
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 144
May 15, 2025
D Democratic60
56 Yea 2 Nay 2
93% Yea
R Republican84
39 Yea 44 Nay 1
52% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
7
May 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to Economic Development
upper
May 21, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 15, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
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 as substituted
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 25, 2025
Committee
Referred to Ways & Means
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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James Frank
RRepublican
TX
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