SB182
Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training, delayed effective date.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 12, 2026
House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
Chief Patron:
Angelia Williams Graves (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Short-term rental properties; hotels; human trafficking awareness training.
Requires every operator, defined in the bill, and its employees to complete an approved training course on recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking, as provided or approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill allows a court to order the closure of a hotel or a ... (More) short-term rental property for a period not to exceed six months in the event that such hotel or property is found to have been the site of human trafficking. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. The bill contains technical amendments. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100926D
- 01/09/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/23/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB182)
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26105290D-S1
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB182)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
