HB2567 • 2026

online lodging marketplaces

HB2567 - online lodging marketplaces

Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Patty Contreras, Junelle Cavero, Quantá Crews, Sarah Liguori, Stephanie Simacek, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton
Last action: 2026-01-21
Official status: House second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact impact on property owners using these platforms is not detailed in the summary and thus cannot be included without speculation.

Rules for Online Lodging Marketplaces

This bill changes a section title and adds new rules requiring online platforms listing rental properties to ensure compliance with state, county, and local laws, imposing penalties for non-compliance.

What This Bill Does

Changes the chapter heading of title 44, chapter 38 in Arizona Revised Statutes from 'BUSINESSES EXEMPT FROM MASK MANDATE' to 'BUSINESSES GENERALLY'.
Adds new rules about online lodging marketplaces needing to ensure rental listings comply with all state, county, and local laws.
Imposes a $250 civil penalty for each day an online marketplace violates these rules.

Who It Names or Affects

Online lodging marketplaces that list rental properties in Arizona.
Local governments responsible for enforcing laws related to rentals.

Terms To Know

online lodging marketplace: A website or app where people can find and book rental properties like apartments, houses, or rooms.
civil penalty: A fine that a company has to pay for breaking the law.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if an online marketplace pays the penalties.
It is unclear how this will affect existing rental listings before the new rules start.

Bill History

2026-01-21 House
House second read
2026-01-20 House
House Rules: None
2026-01-20 House
House Commerce: None
2026-01-20 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2567 - online lodging marketplaces

Current Bill Text

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HB2567 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
online lodging marketplaces

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2567

Introduced by

Representatives
Contreras P: Cavero, Crews, Liguori, Simacek, Stahl Hamilton

AN
ACT

amending title 44, chapter 38, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 44-7952; relating to online
lodging marketplaces.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.
Heading change

The chapter heading of title 44,
chapter 38, Arizona Revised Statutes, is changed from "BUSINESSES EXEMPT
FROM MASK MANDATE" to "BUSINESSES GENERALLY".

Sec. 2. Title 44, chapter 38, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 44-7952, to read:

START_STATUTE
44-7952.

Online lodging marketplaces; compliance; civil penalty;
definitions

A. An online lodging marketplace may
not display or offer for rent a property or transact business for a property or
online lodging operator in this state if the property or online lodging
operator is not in compliance with all applicable state, county and local laws
at the time of the rental or occupancy.� A person that violates this section is
subject to a civil penalty of $250 for each violation.� Each day that a
violation occurs constitutes a separate violation.

B. Cities, towns and counties may
verify and enforce an online lodging marketplace's compliance with this
section, collect penalties and report to the department of revenue the number
of violations and the total amount of penalties collected.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Online lodging
marketplace" has the same meaning prescribed in section 42-5076.

2. "Online lodging
operator" has the same meaning prescribed in section 42-5076.
END_STATUTE