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89th Legislature (2025) Introduced by Denise Villalobos

Requires short-term lodging ads to display total price with all mandatory fees, across direct sites, OTAs, and metasearch, so consumers can accurately compare costs.

Reported enrolled

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Summary — H.R. 1479 (119th Congress): Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025

Note on bill identification: The bill information provided included an unrelated congratulatory resolution title (Isaac Cancio). The official report (H. Rept. 119‑71) and legislative actions for H.R. 1479 (introduced Feb 21, 2025) concern the Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025. This summary covers that substantive bill.

Purpose and intent

H.R. 1479 seeks to protect consumers from "hidden" or mandatory fees (for example, resort fees) by requiring that advertised prices for short‑term lodging reflect the total price a consumer must pay. The statute aims to improve price transparency so consumers can compare lodging offers accurately across providers and booking platforms.

Key provisions

Prohibits a covered provider of short‑term lodging from advertising, displaying, marketing, or otherwise offering for sale a reservation price that omits any mandatory fee.

Applies to offers made through:

Direct offerings (providers’ own websites/apps),
Third‑party distribution (online travel agencies, travel agents), and
Metasearch referrals (search engines/aggregators that refer users to booking sources).

Requires lodging providers to make all mandatory fee information available to any internet website or third party authorized to advertise, market, display, or offer the lodging for sale.

Intended effect: require display of the total cost (including mandatory fees) at the point consumers compare prices or commit to a booking.

(Note: The report is truncated and does not include detailed enforcement provisions, specific penalty amounts, or private right of action language within the excerpt.)

Who is affected

Consumers: greater clarity on the total cost of hotel and other short‑term lodging stays, improving informed decision‑making.

Businesses: hotels, short‑term lodging operators, online travel agencies, metasearch engines, and other intermediaries must change advertising and booking displays and share mandatory fee data with distribution partners.

Platforms and aggregators: technical and contractual changes likely required to ensure inclusive price displays.

Legislative and procedural status (timeline)

Introduced in House: Feb 21, 2025 (Rep. Young Kim).

Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Committee markup Apr 8, 2025; reported favorably Apr 24, 2025 (H. Rept. 119‑71).

Passed House Apr 28, 2025 (suspension of the rules, voice vote).

Received in Senate Apr 29, 2025; placed on Senate Legislative Calendar (Calendar No. 60).

Reported enrolled: June 3, 2025.

CBO cost estimate was not available at time of the committee report; the committee stated the bill would result in no new or increased budget authority, entitlement authority, or tax expenditures.

Potential impacts and considerations

Expected to reduce consumer surprise charges and improve price competition.

Implementation will impose compliance and technical costs on lodging providers and online platforms to ensure inclusive pricing everywhere a listing appears.

The full economic and administrative impacts depend on enforcement details and any implementing regulations not included in the excerpt.

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