Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025
Latest action · Apr 29, 2025 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 28, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025
This bill requires providers of short-term lodging (e.g., hotels, short-term rentals, and third-party online sellers) to include certain price information when displaying, advertising, or marketing reservations for lodging.
Specifically, such providers must (1) display the total services price, including the base price and any service fees, if a price is displayed in an advertisement. marketing material, or a price list; (2) disclose the total services price at the time the services are first displayed to an individual seeking to purchase such services and anytime thereafter during the purchasing process; and (3) disclose, prior to the final purchase, any tax, fee, or assessment imposed by any government entity (or quasi-government entity) on the sale of such services.
The bill provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general (or other authorized state officials).
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 21, 2025 to Apr 21, 2025; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Feb 21, 2025 |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Original | Feb 21, 2025 |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | Original | Feb 21, 2025 |
| R-TX | Craig A. Goldman | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 21, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 21, 2025Markup Apr 8, 2025Reported Apr 24, 2025 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2025Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60.
- Apr 28, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1647-1650)
- Apr 28, 2025Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 28, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1479.
- Apr 28, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1647-1649)
- Apr 28, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 24, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-71.
- Apr 24, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 48.
- Apr 8, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 8, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 21, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1647–H1650Text printed H1647–H1649 | Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL, Kathy Castor D-FL, Young Kim R-CA | Apr 28, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 27, 2025H.R. 1479, Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025As passed by the House of Representatives
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 35, February 21, 2025, page H730.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1768 | Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act | Related bill | Mar 3, 2025 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2025Placed on Calendar Senate
- Apr 28, 2025Engrossed in House
- Apr 24, 2025Reported in House
- Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
