Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2024
This bill requires hotels, motels, and online booking platforms to display the full price of short-term lodging - including all mandatory fees (like cleaning or resort fees) - before a customer books. It prohibits advertising prices that exclude these fees, though government taxes and special district assessments remain excluded. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general can enforce this rule through civil actions. The law takes effect 450 days after enactment, applying only to new bookings made after that date.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 26, 2023
Last action Aug 1, 2024
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Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Aug 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
upper
Jul 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
upper
Jul 26, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Jul 26, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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