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.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
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| 2026-01-20 | House | House Introduced |
| 2026-01-20 | House | House Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development |
| 2026-02-02 | House | House Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 346-S |
| 2026-02-16 | House | House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development |
| 2026-02-17 | House | House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted |
| 2026-02-17 | House | House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Xu |
| 2026-02-17 | House | House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Xu was adopted |
| 2026-02-17 | House | House Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended |
| 2026-02-18 | House | House Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 110 Nay: 14 |
| 2026-02-24 | Senate | Senate Received and Introduced |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | Senate Referred to Committee on Commerce |
| 2026-02-25 | House | House Engrossed on Thursday, February 19, 2026 |
| 2026-03-12 | Senate | Senate Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 159-S |
| 2026-03-18 | Senate | Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 33 Nay: 7 |
| 2026-03-23 | House | House Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Tarwater , Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton as conferees |
| 2026-03-24 | Senate | Senate Motion to accede adopted; Senator Alley, Senator Owens and Senator Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees |
| 2026-03-25 | Senate | Senate Conference committee report now available |
| 2026-03-25 | Senate | Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 23 Nay: 17 |
| 2026-03-26 | House | House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 86 Nay: 39 |
| 2026-03-26 | House | House Reengrossed on Friday, March 27, 2026 |
| 2026-04-09 | House | House Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 |
| 2026-04-09 | House | House Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 |