HB 2658 Summary

• Authorizes counties to adopt ordinances regulating hosting platforms that provide booking services for transient accommodation operators within their jurisdiction.

• Defines "booking service" as any reservation or payment service provided by a person facilitating a transient accommodations transaction between a prospective user and a host.

• Defines "hosting platform" as a person who participates in the transient accommodations business by collecting or receiving a fee, directly or indirectly, for conducting a booking transaction.

• Aims to prevent proliferation of illegal transient accommodations and preserve residential housing supply by allowing counties to regulate these platforms.

• Takes effect upon approval.