Short-term rentals laws by state

98 bills on short-term rentals in 34 jurisdictions, 10 of them enacted in 2025 and 2026. The laws come first, with what each requires, then the bills that moved most recently.

  • 10 laws enacted in 2025 and 2026, in 7 states. Most: California (3), Maryland (2), Idaho (1).
  • 98 bills in 34 jurisdictions, 1 of them in Congress. Latest action 25 September 2026.

Updated 2 November 2026LawsRecent billsBy state

Enacted in 2025 and 2026

10 laws, by state. Laws enacted before 2025 are not listed.

California

  • Enacted

    SB 594: Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2026.

    Short-term rental facilitators must report to Indian tribes upon request the physical address including nine-digit ZIP Code of each short-term rental during the reporting period in the form and manner prescribed by the tribe. Facilitators must include applicable license numbers and transient occupancy tax certifications in short-term rental listings.

    Takes effect 1 January 2027

  • Enacted

    SB 346: Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.

    A short-term rental facilitator must report to a local agency, upon request and in the form prescribed, the physical address including nine-digit ZIP Code of each short-term rental during the reporting period. A short-term rental facilitator must include in each short-term rental listing any applicable local license number and transient occupancy tax certification.

  • Enacted

    AB 299: Motels, hotels, and short-term lodging: disasters.

    Lodging operators must provide a written notice in at least 12-point type to guests they believe are disaster-displaced before check-in for stays exceeding 30 days, and must obtain guest confirmation of their disaster status. Lodging operators must provide 72 hours written notice before requiring such guests to vacate after 30 days, except when guests fail to pay charges, interfere with other guests' quiet enjoyment, damage property, or pose safety risks.

Idaho

  • Enacted

    H 583: SHORT-TERM RENTALS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding limitations on the regulation of and limiting the tax duties of short-term rentals.

    Counties and cities may not prohibit short-term rentals or impose different restrictions on them than on single-family dwellings, except for specific safety requirements: smoke alarms, fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide detectors, escape ladders, occupancy limits, and emergency information handouts. Short-term rental marketplaces must register with the state tax commission and collect applicable sales, use, and local taxes.

    Took effect 1 July 2026

Kansas

  • Enacted

    HB 2481: During the period of the FIFA 2026 world cup, prohibiting certain limitations by municipalities on short-term rental or vacation properties and requiring timely rental permit processing, modifying the definition of transient guest for transient guest tax purposes and authorizing expanded sales of alcoholic beverages by cities and counties.

    Municipalities must not limit the number of short-term rental or vacation property permits or restrict their duration from May 15, 2026, through July 25, 2026. Municipalities must process completed permit applications within 15 calendar days or the application is deemed approved.

Louisiana

  • Enacted

    HB 610: TAX: Provides relative to short-term rentals of overnight lodging in the city of New Orleans (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

    The bill text provided consists only of amendments that delete previous Senate Committee Amendments and remove language from the bill. The substantive provisions of the bill cannot be determined from the amendment text alone.

Maryland

  • Enacted

    HB 1221: Public Safety - Short-Term Rental Units - Safety (Jillian and Lindsay Wiener Short-Term Rental Safety Act)

    Short-term rental hosts must post evacuation diagrams and emergency telephone numbers, provide working fire extinguishers, and install working smoke alarms that are interconnected, clearly audible in sleeping areas, and replaced if nonfunctional, over 10 years old, or lacking a production date. Booking services must notify hosts of these requirements and require compliance documentation. Counties and Baltimore City must require annual inspections by July 1, 2028.

    Took effect 1 October 2026

  • Enacted

    SB 624: Public Safety - Short-Term Rental Units - Safety (Jillian and Lindsay Wiener Short-Term Rental Safety Act)

    Short-term rental hosts must post evacuation diagrams and emergency telephone numbers, provide working fire extinguishers, and install working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in short-term rental units offered for less than 30 consecutive days. Booking services must notify hosts of these requirements and require compliance documentation. Counties and Baltimore City must require annual inspections of short-term rental units by July 1, 2028.

    Took effect 1 October 2026

Mississippi

  • Enacted

    HB 1837: Noxubee County; authorize tax on short term rentals to promote tourism, parks and recreation within.

    The Board of Supervisors of Noxubee County may levy a tax not exceeding two percent of gross proceeds of sales from short term rentals, but only after adopting a resolution, publishing notice for three consecutive weeks, and obtaining approval from sixty percent of qualified electors voting in an election. Persons, firms, or corporations operating short term rentals must collect and remit the tax.

New York

  • Enacted

    S 820: Regulates short-term rentals

    Short-term rental hosts must register dwelling units with their county or multi-county registry before operating. Booking services must verify registration before collecting fees and must report guest stay data to counties quarterly. All short-term rental units must meet safety, insurance, and health requirements.

Bills that moved most recently

The 25 open short-term rentals bills with the latest action. The Rental Housing Tracker follows all 98.

  • Massachusetts H 5538: An Act authorizing the city of Salem to increase the short-term rental community impact fee for the purpose of school and municipal facilities

    What it would do: Authorizes Salem to impose a community impact fee on short-term rentals up to 6 percent of rent per occupancy. Revenue from the 3 percentage point increase above the current 3 percent rate funds school and municipal facilities.

    In committee

  • Delaware HB 474: An act to amend title 30 of the delaware code relating to short-term rental lodging tax.

    What it would do: Requires accommodations intermediaries to collect and remit short-term rental tax to municipalities and counties by the 15th day following collection, and specifies that intermediaries must provide rental data including property address, nights rented, and aggregate rents collected in formats prescribed by the municipality or county.

    In committee

  • New Jersey S 4453: Requires owner of transient accommodation to be present at transient accommodation during short-term rental; establishes short-term rental agreement limit.

    In committee

  • Michigan HB 6026: Housing: other; short-term rental registry and database; establish. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6027'26

    What it would do: Creates a statewide short-term rental registry requiring owners to file annual certificates with the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, establishes a 6% excise tax on occupancy charges, and requires hosting platforms to register, collect taxes, and comply with local regulations.

    In committee

  • Michigan HB 6027: Land use: zoning and growth management; short-term rentals; clarify prohibition on total ban of. Amends sec. 207 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3207). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6026'26

    What it would do: Prohibits local units of government from totally banning short-term rentals within their jurisdiction, consistent with existing restrictions on total prohibitions of land uses with demonstrated need.

    In committee

  • New Jersey A 5172: Requires owner of transient accommodation to be present at transient accommodation during short-term rental; establishes short-term rental agreement limit.

    In committee

  • Illinois HB 5776: Short-term rental tax act

    What it would do: Imposes a 4% excise tax on renters of short-term rentals effective January 1, 2027, with proceeds deposited into a new Community Land Trust Fund for the Illinois Housing Development Authority to support community land trusts.

    Introduced

  • Missouri HB 1768: Modifies provisions relating to the classification of certain residential real property used for short-term rentals

    What it would do: Classifies single-family homes leased for less than thirty consecutive days as residential property for tax purposes, but only up to fifteen such properties per owner or business entity, excluding larger short-term rental portfolios from residential classification.

    Passed chamber

  • California SB 1318: Coastal resources: local coastal program: coastal development permit: non-owner-occupied short-term rentals.

    What it would do: Requires the California Coastal Commission to approve coastal development permits or local coastal program amendments from local governments restricting or prohibiting non-owner-occupied short-term rentals if the local agency finds it necessary to address significant local housing needs and the commission determines the permit strikes a reasonable balance between housing needs and public access to the coast.

    Passed committee

  • Minnesota HF 3972: Short-term rental guarantees and reimbursement insurance policies provided and regulated.

    What it would do: Creates a new chapter regulating short-term rental guarantees and reimbursement insurance policies. Requires providers to register annually with a $750 fee, maintain reimbursement insurance, train loss handlers, and include specific consumer disclosures stating guarantees are not insurance.

    Passed chamber

  • Connecticut HB 5536: An act establishing a state short-term rental registry.

    What it would do: Establishes a state short-term rental registry requiring operators and owners to register properties annually with a $100 fee by January 1, 2027, and authorizes municipalities to impose an optional supplemental tax up to 2.75% on short-term rental sales.

    Passed committee

  • Massachusetts H 1573: An Act relative to short term rental inspections

    In committee

  • Maryland HB 993: Real Property - Short-Term Rentals

    What it would do: Prohibits counties and municipalities from banning short-term rentals solely because the operator is a lessee or sublessee, but allows them to limit such operators to one short-term rental per jurisdiction. Property owners retain the right to prohibit or limit short-term rental use by lessees or sublessees.

    Passed chamber

  • California AB 1953: Short-term rentals: emergencies and special events.

    What it would do: Requires the Office of Emergency Services and Office of Tourism to establish public registration systems allowing registered eligible residential dwellings to operate as short-term rentals during declared emergencies or specified special events, and prohibits local governments from banning such rentals during these periods.

    Passed committee

  • Pennsylvania HB 2303: An Act amending Title 48 (Lodging and Housing) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for temporary lodging at short-term rentals; and imposing penalties.

    What it would do: Establishes a regulatory framework for short-term rentals in Pennsylvania, categorizing them as homestays, vacation rentals, or corporate STR operators, each with different permitting, insurance, and safety requirements, and requires counties to maintain registries and booking services to report rental data for tax administration.

    In committee

  • Massachusetts H 3962: An Act relative to the Maggie Hubbard rental safety act

    In committee

  • Arizona HB 2429: vacation rentals; short-term rentals; occupancy

    What it would do: Amends Arizona law to prohibit cities, towns, and counties from banning vacation rentals or short-term rentals, while allowing regulation for public health, safety, zoning, and nuisance issues. Establishes permit requirements, occupancy limits, liability insurance, and civil penalties for violations.

    Passed chamber

  • Missouri HB 2060: Modifies provisions relating to the classification of certain residential real property used for short-term rentals

    Passed committee

  • Connecticut HB 5234: An act establishing a fee on short-term rental properties.

    In committee

  • Virginia HB 600: Short-term rental properties; rental operator to complete human trafficking awareness training.

    What it would do: Requires short-term rental operators and their employees to complete approved human trafficking awareness training by January 1, 2028, and every two years thereafter. The Department of Criminal Justice Services must provide the training online at no cost or approve alternative courses.

    Passed committee

  • Iowa SF 2309: A bill for an act relating to city regulation of short-term rental properties.

    What it would do: Removes the prohibition that prevents cities from adopting regulations, restrictions, ordinances, conditional use permit requirements, or license and permit fees relating to short-term rental properties.

    In committee

  • Connecticut HB 5204: An act dedicating a portion of the room occupancy tax on short-term rental properties to municipalities.

    In committee

  • Idaho S 1263: SHORT-TERM RENTALS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding limitations on the regulation of short-term rentals.

    What it would do: Prohibits counties and cities from banning short-term rentals but allows reasonable health and safety regulations. Requires licensing only for owners with four or more rentals or generating $10,000+ annual revenue, and restricts regulations to smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, occupancy limits, and emergency information.

    Introduced

  • Iowa HF 2320: A bill for an act relating to short-term rental property classification by cities.

    What it would do: Allows cities to adopt ordinances requiring registration of short-term rental properties and to apply penalties for failure to register. Permits cities to classify short-term rental properties as lodging for purposes of collecting hotel and motel tax under chapter 423A.

    In committee

  • Massachusetts S 2736: An Act relative to the Maggie Hubbard rental safety act

    What it would do: Requires short-term rental buildings to be inspected for compliant smoke and carbon monoxide detectors within one year before renting, with inspection fees capped at $100 per unit or $500 for buildings with 6+ units. Requires rental agents and platforms to confirm compliance before listing units.

    Passed committee

Short-term rentals laws, state by state

Questions

Which states have short-term rentals laws?

States that enacted short-term rentals laws in 2025 and 2026: California (3), Maryland (2), Idaho (1), Kansas (1), Louisiana (1), Mississippi (1) and New York (1). Laws enacted before 2025 are not listed here.

Which states have the most short-term rentals bills?

Montana (9), Connecticut (7), California (6), Massachusetts (6) and Idaho (5). In all, 98 bills in 34 jurisdictions, the latest action on 25 September 2026.

What do short-term rentals bills cover?

Registration, caps, taxes and platform duties for short-term rentals. Each enacted law above has a line on what it requires.

Is this legal advice?

No. Which bills count as short-term rentals bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature’s own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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