ColoradoCounty Lodging Tax Expansion
What it does
Subject to local voter approval, the act increases the maximum allowed rate of a county lodging tax levied on the purchase price paid or charged to persons for rooms or accommodations from 2% to 6% and expands the allowed uses of lodging tax revenue to include:
More detail
Public infrastructure maintenance or improvements; or Enhancing public safety measures by funding local law enforcement, fire protection services, and emergency medical services.
If a county received voter approval before January 1, 2025, to specifically allocate portions of revenue from the lodging tax to allowed uses for designated purposes, the act clarifies how those previously approved allocations are preserved and how revenue attributable to an increase in the tax rate may be allocated by the county. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- May 13Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 2Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 1Signed by the Speaker of the House
- May 1Signed by the President of the Senate
- Apr 11House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- Vote recorded CONCUR. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 6House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- Apr 4Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 3Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- Apr 1Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/04/2025 - No Amendments
- Apr 1Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Mar 26Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Mar 13Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & HousingMinor
- Mar 10House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 7House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- Mar 4House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Feb 12Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local GovernmentIntroduced