Amendment 2025-1689h to SB19 (2025)

Relative to hotel and motel operations.


Revision: May 1, 2025, 9:32 a.m.

Rep. Hunt, Ches. 14

April 22, 2025

2025-1689h

07/05

 

 

Amendment to SB 19

 

Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following and renumbering the original sections 2 and 3 to read as 3 and 4, respectively:

 

2  New Section; Trade and Commerce; Public Accommodations; Rental Agreement Policies With Guests Under 21.  Amend RSA 354-A by inserting after section 17 the following new section:

354-A:17-a  Rental Agreement Policies With Guests Under 21.  Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a hotel, motel, or other lodging establishment held out to transient guests for public accommodations from having policies denying or refusing rental agreements with guests under 21 years of age.

2025-1689h

AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill:

 

I.  Allows hotels and motels to deny or refuse rental agreements with guests under the age of 21.

 

II.  Repeals the requirement that hotel keepers post a notice of rental rates in hotel rooms.

 

III.  Repeals the requirement that motel operators place signs displaying rates for rental units.