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Regulating and insuring short-term rentals
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What they voted on
Approve the bill in this chamber (it still needs the other chamber and a final vote)
Official wording: S.2381, Question on passing the bill to be engrossed
Who filed S.2381
Sponsor Senate Committee on Ways and Means
Committees often rewrite bills. The legislators who filed the original versions are listed on malegislature.gov.
Passed
Every member's vote
Voted yes (31)
- Michael J. Barrett Third Middlesex · Democrat
- Joseph A. Boncore First Suffolk and Middlesex · Democrat
- William N. Brownsberger Second Suffolk and Middlesex · Democrat
- Harriette L. Chandler First Worcester · Democrat
- Sonia Chang-Diaz Second Suffolk · Democrat
- Cynthia Stone Creem First Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Brendan P. Crighton Third Essex · Democrat
- Julian Cyr Cape and Islands · Democrat
- Viriato M. deMacedo Plymouth and Barnstable · Republican
- Sal N. DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk · Democrat
- Eileen M. Donoghue First Middlesex · Democrat
- James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester · Democrat
- Paul R. Feeney Bristol and Norfolk · Democrat
- Cindy F. Friedman Fourth Middlesex · Democrat
- Anne M. Gobi Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex · Democrat
- Adam G. Hinds Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden · Democrat
- Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex · Democrat
- John F. Keenan Norfolk and Plymouth · Democrat
- Barbara A. L'Italien Second Essex and Middlesex · Democrat
- Eric P. Lesser First Hampden and Hampshire · Democrat
- Jason M. Lewis Fifth Middlesex · Democrat
- Joan B. Lovely Second Essex · Democrat
- Mark C. Montigny Second Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Michael O. Moore Second Worcester · Democrat
- Marc R. Pacheco First Plymouth and Bristol · Democrat
- Michael J. Rodrigues First Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Stanley C. Rosenberg Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester · Democrat
- Richard J. Ross Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex · Republican
- Karen E. Spilka Second Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Walter F. Timilty Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- James T. Welch Hampden · Democrat
Voted no (6)
- Ryan C. Fattman Worcester and Norfolk · Republican
- Donald F. Humason, Jr. Second Hampden and Hampshire · Republican
- Kathleen O'Connor Ives First Essex · Democrat
- Patrick M. O'Connor Plymouth and Norfolk · Republican
- Bruce E. Tarr First Essex and Middlesex · Republican
- Dean A. Tran Worcester and Middlesex · Republican
Did not vote (2)
- Michael D. Brady Second Plymouth and Bristol · Democrat
- Michael F. Rush Norfolk and Suffolk · Democrat
What it means
The Senate Ways and Means version of the short-term rental bill. It rewrites the state room occupancy tax law so the 5 percent state tax covers short-term rentals such as apartments, houses, condos and time-shares ("transient accommodations") and room resellers, as well as hotels, motels, lodging houses and bed and breakfasts; stays under $15 a day are exempt. Cities and towns may add a local tax of up to 6 percent (up to 6.5 percent in Boston), and online booking platforms and agents that agree in writing to collect rent for hosts must get a tax registration in the host's name and collect and send in the tax. Cities and towns may also regulate, license and inspect rental operators by local law, and the new tax rules apply to short-term rental and reseller stays starting on or after January 1, 2019 under contracts made on or after November 1, 2018.
Source: official text and history of S.2381 on malegislature.gov. This describes the bill text posted there; amendments may have changed the version that was voted on.
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Source: S.2381 on malegislature.gov · official roll call. MassVoter never grades or scores legislators. How to read this