Bill: HB 2889, 87(R) - 2021

Committee

House Ways & Means

Vote Recommendation

Vote Recommendation	Economic Freedom	Property Rights	Personal Responsibility	Limited Government	Individual Liberty
No	Negative	Neutral	Neutral	Negative	Neutral

Author(s)

Morgan Meyer

Dustin Burrows

Bill Caption

Relating to the calculation, collection, and remittance of state hotel occupancy taxes.

Fiscal Notes

Estimated two-year net impact to general revenue related funds for HB 2889, committee report 1st House, substituted: a positive impact of $67,000,000 through the biennium ending August 31, 2023.

Bill Analysis

HB 2889 would expand applicability to the hotel occupancy tax to make it apply to any room or space in a hotel, including all charges related to cleaning, readying the room or space, furniture rental charges, and charges for reserving or booking a room or space. The bill does exempt charges for food, personal, and telecommunications services if those charges are itemized separately.

Vote Recommendation Notes

Texas Action opposes HB 2889 because it violates the principles of free markets and limited government by expanding the application of the hotel occupancy tax to include additional taxable charges.

Source URL (retrieved on 08/18/2025 06:08 PM): http://reports.texasaction.com/bill/87r/hb2889?print_view=true