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

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how much of the tax will go to municipalities or how it can be used by them.

Dedicating Part of Short-Term Rental Tax for Cities

This act requires that a portion of the room occupancy tax from short-term rental properties be given to local municipalities where these rentals occur.

What This Bill Does

• Changes how some money from short-term rental taxes is used.
• Gives a portion of this tax directly to the municipality where the rental property is located.

Who It Names or Affects

• Municipalities in Connecticut
• People who own short-term rental properties

Terms To Know

Room occupancy tax

A tax that people pay when they stay at a hotel or rent out their home for a short time.

Short-term rentals

Homes or rooms rented to guests for less than 30 days, like through Airbnb.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what portion of the tax will go to municipalities.
• It is unclear how the money can be used in local communities.

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. 1006 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5205
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1006

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.