AN ACT DEDICATING A PORTION OF THE ROOM OCCUPANCY TAX ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES TO MUNICIPALITIES.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill status shows it was referred to a committee; final passage or enactment is not confirmed by this specific excerpt.

Sharing Short-Term Rental Taxes with Local Towns

This bill changes state law so that part of the tax collected on short-term rental stays goes to the local towns where those rentals are located.

What This Bill Does

• Amends Chapter 219 of the general statutes regarding taxes.
• Dedicates a portion of the room occupancy tax received by the state from short-term rentals to municipalities.

Who It Names or Affects

• Municipalities where short-term rental properties are located.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the exact portion or percentage of tax to be dedicated.
• The effective date is unknown as the bill has been referred to a committee and no enactment date is listed.
• The source material does not explain how much money each town might receive.

Official Summary Text

To dedicate a portion of the room occupancy tax received by the state from short-term rentals to the municipalities in which such rentals are situated.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 999 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5204
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 999

Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING

Introduced by:
REP. BUMGARDNER, 41st Dist.

AN ACT DEDICATING A PORTION OF THE ROOM OCCUPANCY TAX
ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES TO MUNICIPALITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That chapter 219 of the general statutes be amended to dedicate a 1
portion of the room occupancy tax received by the state from short-term 2
rentals to the municipalities in which such rentals are situated. 3
Statement of Purpose:
To dedicate a portion of the room occupancy tax received by the state
from short-term rentals to the municipalities in which such rentals are
situated.