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HB 596 · 2025 · House · Ways and Means Committee

Meals and rooms tax reporting

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relative to reporting requirements for entities that collect meals and rooms taxes.

Requires the department of revenue administration to collect and report to cities and towns the amount of meals and rooms tax revenue collected within each municipality.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 6, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill requires the department of revenue administration to collect and report to cities and towns the amount of meals and room tax revenues collected in the city or town.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“The department shall collect information about the revenue collected from the meals and rooms tax in each municipality necessary to determine the total amount of meals and rooms tax revenue collected in each municipality.”
RSA 78-A:19-a
“The department shall make its determination of the total amount of meals and room tax revenue collected in a municipality.”
RSA 78-A:19-a

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Rep. David PaigeDPrimeRanking Member· Housing
  • Rep. Susan AlmyDRanking Member· Ways and Means
  • Sen. Rebecca Perkins KwokaDMinority Leader
  • Sen. David RochefortRChair· Health and Human Services

Public testimony

14 signed in online · 1 wrote testimony

50% support50% oppose0% neutral

In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted

“This legislation would increase the administrative burden on large operators with multiple locations who files a single combined meals and rooms tax return as it would require a more detailed reporting of rooms and meals tax collected.”
— Natch Greyes, Concord · Business and Industry Association (BIA)opposes

Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.

Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Feb 11, 2025HouseCommittee report· regular calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate16–4
    Overall
    80% yea
  • Mar 6, 2025HouseVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 28, 2025Public hearingHouse Ways and Means3:46:58–3:58:4611m 48slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
  • Feb 11, 2025Public hearingHouse Ways and Means4:04:30–4:11:236m 53slocated in the stream transcriptMajority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate — roll call; Executive Session
  • Mar 6, 2025Floor debateHouse floor30:29–31:371m 8slocated in the stream transcriptInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Ways and Means HJ 3 P. 18
  2. Jan 28, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 01/28/2025 01:45 pm LOB 202-204
  3. Feb 11, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 02/11/2025 02:00 pm LOB 202-204
  4. Feb 11, 2025HouseMajority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/11/2025 (Vote 16-4; RC) HC 14 P. 17
  5. Feb 14, 2025HouseMinority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0396
  6. Mar 6, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 24

Coverage

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Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.