Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-02-21
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025” Read the full text
Commerce
What it does
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 a
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-02-21
In the House.
Passed the House · 2025-04-28
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textread it on this site, version pcs (Placed on Calendar Senate), as published by GovInfo
officialCongressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO
officialThe on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
7
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
AIRBNBvia KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC
7 filingsAMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATIONvia AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION
7 filingsSIX CONTINENTS HOTELS, INC.via SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS, INC.
7 filingsU.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATIONvia U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION
7 filingsAMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATIONvia TIBER CREEK GROUP
6 filingsBOOKING HOLDINGSvia H&M STRATEGIES LLP
6 filingsNEBRASKA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONvia NEBRASKA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
6 filingsTRAVEL MANAGEMENT COALITIONvia MONUMENT ADVOCACY
6 filingsFrom 105 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60. (2025-04-29).