by Justin Bragiel | Mar 29, 2019 | News
It’s been another busy month in the 2019 session. We’ve organized the important legislation into these categories: Short-term rentals. Local hotel occupancy tax proposals: New uses of tax revenue, and new county hotel tax proposals. (We’ve listed the...
by Justin Bragiel | Mar 14, 2019 | Blog
Below is a summary of some of the most important legislation THLA is working on during the 2019 Texas Legislative Session. We encourage hotel operators, hotel owners, and tourism industry professionals to review this list of legislation to become familiar with how...
by Justin Bragiel | Feb 28, 2019 | News
We are about seven weeks into the 2019 Texas Legislative Session, and the action is heating up. Fast approaching is Friday, March 8, the 60th day of 2019 Session. This is the deadline for most bills to be filed, and it also marks the date when the Legislature can...
by Justin Bragiel | Feb 27, 2019 | Blog
We pay particularly close attention to hotel occupancy tax bills that filed. Here is the list of what we are tracking. Updated 2/27/2019. Texas Hotel & Lodging Assn.Bill Status Report 02-27-2019 – 15:31:22 – Action in the date range –...
by Justin Bragiel | Jan 31, 2019 | News
86th Legislative Session Kicks Off The 86th Legislative Session opened at the Texas Capitol on this month as lawmakers took their oaths of office, selected new leaders, and began to work on major priorities for the new session like school finance reform and property...
