Senate Bill Report SHB 1080
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- Congressional materials
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- 2025-03-26
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- 2025 03 26 A33141 D285970 Bill Report 1080 S Sbr Bft Ta 25
Summary
A Senate Bill Report on SHB 1080, an act relating to fee disclosure for lodging accommodations, as of March 13, 2025, prepared for the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade. The bill is sponsored by the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business and passed the House on 3/3/25 by a vote of 58-39. The background covers state definitions of hotels and short-term rentals and the Federal Trade Commission rule on unfair or deceptive fees, effective May 12, 2025. The bill would require hotels and short-term rentals to disclose all fees and charges in advertised rates, except government taxes and fees and assessment fees, with a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000 for each violation. It lists an effective date of July 1, 2025 and pro testimony from Representative Brandy Donaghy, prime sponsor.
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SENATE BILL REPORT
SHB 1080
As of March 13, 2025
Title: An act relating to fee disclosure for lodging accommodations.
Brief Description: Concerning fee disclosure for lodging accommodations.
Sponsors: House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business (originally sponsored by
Representatives Donaghy, Ryu, Ramel, Morgan, Fosse, Pollet, Kloba, Berg, Ormsby,
Reeves and Hill).
Brief History: Passed House: 3/3/25, 58-39.
Committee Activity: Business, Financial Services & Trade: 3/13/25.
Brief Summary of Bill
• Requires hotels and short-term rentals to disclose all fees and charges in
the advertised, displayed, or offered rate, except for taxes and fees
imposed by governments and assessment fees.
• Makes the fee and charges disclosure applicable to advertising, displays,
or offers that are public in this state or from this state before the public in
any state.
• Subjects hotels and short-term rentals that do not comply with the fee
and charges disclosures to a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000 for each
violation.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE
Staff: Clint McCarthy (786-7319)
Background: State Requirements for Lodging Accommodations. Hotels. In state law,
"hotel" is defined and construed to mean any building held out to the public to be an inn,
hotel, or public lodging house or place where sleeping accommodations, whether with or
This analysis was prepared by non-partisan legislative staff for the use of legislative
members in their deliberations. This analysis is not part of the legislation nor does it
constitute a statement of legislative intent.
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without meals, or the facilities for preparing the same, are furnished for hire to transient
guests, in which three or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests.
"Transient accommodation" is defined as any facility such as a hotel, motel, condominium,
resort, or any other facility or place offering three or more lodging units to travelers and
transient guests. Persons operating transient accommodations must obtain an annual
operating license from the Department of Health and meet certain safety and health
regulations.
Short-Term Rentals. "Short-term rental" means a lodging use, that is not a hotel, motel, or
bed and breakfast, in which a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, is offered or provided to a
guest by a short-term rental operator for a fee for fewer than 30 consecutive nights. Short-
term rental operators are required to meet certain safety requirements including placement
of carbon monoxide alarms, displaying emergency contact information, and posting fire
exists and escapes, along with maximum occupancy limits. Short-term rental platforms that
provide a means through which an operator offers a short-term rental have the following
duties for short-term rental operators who use the platform:
• inform all operators to collect and remit all applicable taxes;
• inform operators of the short-term rental safety requirements; and
• provide operators with written notice that the operator's personal insurance policy that
covers their dwelling unit may not provide liability protection, defense costs, or first
party coverage when their property is used for short-term rental stays.
Federal Trade Commission's Rule on Unfair and Deceptive Fees. Effective May 12, 2025,
the Federal Trade Commission has issued a rule to prohibit unfair or deceptive fees. The
proposed Trade Regulation Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees would prohibit unfair or
deceptive practices relating to fees for goods or services, specifically, misrepresenting the
total costs of goods and services by omitting mandatory fees from advertised prices and
misrepresenting the nature and purpose of fees. The final rule specifies that it is an unfair
and deceptive practice for businesses to offer, display, or advertise any price of live-event
tickets or short-term lodging without clearly, conspicuously and prominently disclosing the
total price. The rule also requires businesses to clearly and conspicuously make certain
disclosures before a consumer consents to pay. The rule further specifies that it is an unfair
and deceptive practice for businesses to misrepresent any fee or charge in any offer, display,
or advertisement for live-event tickets or short-term lodging. For the purpose of this rule,
short term lodging includes hotels and short-term rentals.
Summary of Bill: Disclosure Requirements. Hotels and short-term rentals must disclose
all fees and charges in the advertised, displayed, or offered rate, except for taxes and fees
imposed by governments and assessment fees. The fee and charges disclosure is applicable
to advertising, displays, or offers that are public in this state or from this state before the
public in any state. Prior to a stay at a hotel or a short-term rental, all taxes and assessment
fees must be included in the price to be paid.
Civil Penalties. Hotels and short-term rentals that do not comply with the fee and charges
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disclosures are subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000 for each violation. City
attorneys, county prosecuting attorneys, or the Office of the Attorney General are permitted
to enforce these requirements.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Available.
Creates Committee/Commission/Task Force that includes Legislative members: No.
Effective Date: The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect on July 1, 2025.
Staff Summary of Public Testimony: PRO: The original bill came out the day before the
FTC rule on unfair and deceptive fees came out. The reason this is being run is that there
has been some instability in consumer protections at the federal level. We want to make
sure Washingtonians are protected. Most of the larger short-term rental sites already do
this.
Persons Testifying: PRO: Representative Brandy Donaghy, Prime Sponsor.
Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: No one.
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