AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FEE ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES.

Plain English Breakdown

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Fee for Short-Term Rentals

This act creates a new fee for people who rent out their homes or rooms for short periods of time, like on vacation websites.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a fee that owners must pay when they rent out their property for less than 30 days.
• Collects money from the fee and gives it to local towns and cities based on how many short-term rentals are in each area.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who rent out their homes or rooms for short periods, like through vacation rental websites.
• Local towns and cities that receive money from the new fees collected.

Terms To Know

Short-term rental

A place where people can stay for a few days or weeks, often booked online for vacations or business trips.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much the fee will be.
• It is unclear who will collect and manage the fees from short-term rentals.

Official Summary Text

To establish a fee on short-term rental properties and distribute the revenue generated from the fee proportionally to municipalities.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 724 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5234
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 724

Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING

Introduced by:
REP. ROCHELLE, 104th Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FEE ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL
PROPERTIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to establish a fee on short-term 1
rental properties and distribute the revenue generated from the fee 2
proportionally to municipalities. 3
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a fee on short -term rental properties and distribute the
revenue generated from the fee proportionally to municipalities.