By Bob Christie | AZ Capitol Times
Key Points:
- Arizona House measure on short-term rentals likely dead for the year
- Rep. Selina Bliss’s House Bill 2429 missed key deadlines in the state Senate
- The bill aimed to allow cities to limit the number of new short-term rentals
An Arizona House measure boosting rules for short-term rentals like those offered through Airbnb and Vrbo is likely dead for the year after failing to get a hearing in the state Senate.
Short of some legislative sleight-of-hand, Rep. Selina Bliss’s House Bill 2429 faces nearly impossible odds after missing key deadlines when the final scheduled committee hearings of the legislative session passed in both chambers without it being heard.
She had hoped to get it on the March 31 Senate Appropriations Committee’s agenda, but it didn’t make the chairman’s cut. And it was too late to make it onto the companion House committee agenda the same day, leaving few options for her to resurrect it.
Bliss, R-Prescott, said she’s not giving up, but realizes her chances are between slim and none.
