House Bill 2278 - Tourism Promotion Areas (Washington, 2026 Regular Session)

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House Bill 2278 (H-2592.2), State of Washington, 69th Legislature, 2026 Regular Session, by Representatives Barnard, Ryu, Reed, Zahn, and Salahuddin, prefiled 01/06/26, read first time 01/12/26 and referred to the Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. The act relates to tourism promotion areas and amends RCW 35.101.057. The text states the legislature's intent to permit the additional assessment on the furnishing of lodging to continue in a timely manner. It lets a legislative authority impose an additional charge of up to three dollars per night of stay, and places in double parentheses the subsection stating that the section expires July 1, 2027.

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     H-2592.2

                                HOUSE BILL 2278


     State of Washington       69th Legislature       2026 Regular Session

     By Representatives Barnard, Ryu, Reed, Zahn, and Salahuddin

     Prefiled 01/06/26. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee
     on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.




1        AN ACT Relating to tourism promotion        areas;   amending   RCW
2    35.101.057; and creating a new section.


3    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:


4        NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that the use of the
5    additional assessment on the furnishing of lodging authorized by RCW
6    35.101.057 has grown tourism. The intent of this legislation is to
7    permit the additional assessment to continue in a timely manner, so
8    that the growth of the tourism sector can continue.

 9       Sec. 2.   RCW 35.101.057 and 2020 c 215 s 2 are each amended to
10   read as follows:
11       (((1))) In addition to the two dollar charge authorized by RCW
12   35.101.050, a legislative authority may impose an additional charge
13   of up to three dollars per night of stay on the furnishing of lodging
14   by a lodging business located in the area. To impose the additional
15   charge, signatures of the persons who operate lodging businesses who
16   would pay sixty percent or more of the proposed charges must be
17   provided together with the proposed uses and projects to which the
18   proposed revenue from the additional charge shall be put, the total
19   estimate costs, and the estimated rate for the charge with a proposed


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1   breakdown by class of lodging business if such classification is to
2   be used.
3       (((2) This section expires July 1, 2027.))

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