Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SB 5138: Concerning public facilities districts.
Signed into law: Chapter 376, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Saldaña
- Introduced
- January 13, 2025
- Status
- C 376 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (May 20, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Adds community-initiated equitable development to the allowable uses for certain revenues received by counties from the convention center lodging tax on short-term rentals.
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Floor votes
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 12, 202562 yea · 32 nay · 4 not voting
- Senate: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 17, 202531 yea · 18 nay
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 202548 yea · 1 nay
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