Author: Justin Bragiel
Legislative Update: End of April 2019
April, 29 2019We’re in the final stretch of the 2019 Texas Legislative Session, with only four short weeks to adjournment on May 27. This is also the busiest time of the Session,… Read more »
Department of Labor Proposes New Overtime Rules — Again
April, 29 2019For the second time in three years, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released new salary requirements for employees to be classified as exempt from overtime. The DOL released its… Read more »
March 2019 Legislative Update
March, 29 2019It’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… Read more »
2019 Texas Legislative Session – Important Hotel Industry Legislation
March, 14 2019Below 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… Read more »
February 2019 Legislative Update
February, 28 2019We 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… Read more »
2019 Texas Legislative Session: February hotel tax bills
February, 27 2019We 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… Read more »
January 2019 Legislative Update
January, 31 201986th 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… Read more »
2019 Texas Legislative Session – Our Issues
January, 29 2019Over the past decade, THLA has expanded its legislative program from being primarily defensive to being a strong and proactive agenda of legislation that our trade association initiates. The proactive… Read more »
2019 Texas Legislative Session: Bills we are tracking
January, 24 2019Every legislative session, THLA tracks hundreds of bills that may affect the hotel industry. We want you to see what we see. Here is the list of bills we… Read more »
Converge on the Capitol 2019 – The Issues
January, 22 2019The 10th Biennial Converge on the Capitol day was Thursday, February 21st! Thank you to all our members who joined us in Austin. Converge on the Capitol was a huge… Read more »