HB524
Tourism improvement districts; transient occupancy tax in Arlington County.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 5, 2026
House: Passed by for the day
Chief Patron:
Adele McClure (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Tourism improvement districts; transient occupancy tax; Arlington County.
Allows tourism entities, defined in the bill, to enter into written agreements for the provision of professional services to an administering nonprofit that is under contract with a locality to administer or implement activities specified in a tourism improvement district plan. Current law does not permit such public-private partnerships in ... (More) tourism improvement districts. The bill also requires a newly formed administering nonprofit's board of directors to be wholly composed of business owners and an existing administering nonprofit to create a committee of business owners to oversee the activities prescribed in the tourism improvement district plan. Finally, the bill raises Arlington County's permissible additional transient occupancy tax from a maximum rate of one-fourth of one percent to one percent. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102965D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/17/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/17/2026 12:42 pm)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/28/2026 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 01/30/2026 - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 4-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
