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May 2023 · Context

2023 regular session ends without a hotel tax cap increase that would apply to Amarillo

Six bills filed in the 2023 regular session would have added a 9% municipal hotel occupancy tax cap to Section 351.003 for convention center or venue spending. Their population and geography brackets covered a city partly in a county containing part of Cedar Creek Reservoir, or cities in a county bordering both Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. None described Amarillo, which is in Potter and Randall counties, and none became law: the farthest, HB 4565, passed the House and was placed on the Senate intent calendar on May 22, 2023.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

What the sources say

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A Texas Legislature Online full-text search of 2023 regular-session (88R) bills for "351.003" returned six bills that would have added a Subsection (g) to Section 351.003 allowing a 9% municipal hotel occupancy tax: HB 4764 (Bowers) and its companion SB 2420 (Johnson), for "a municipality that has a population of at least 150,000 and is partially located in a county that contains a portion of Cedar Creek Reservoir"; HB 4565 (Longoria) and SB 2007 (LaMantia), for a municipality of 70,000 to 180,000 "located in a county that borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico"; and HB 4563 (Longoria) and SB 2184 (LaMantia), for a municipality of not more than 25,000 with a cultural heritage museum in such a county. Each required the revenue above seven percent to go to convention center (or, in the Longoria bills, convention center or multiuse) facilities. ^[2]^[5]^[8]^[3]^[6]^[9]
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None of the six bills became law. HB 4764 was left pending in the House Ways & Means Committee on April 3, 2023; SB 2420, SB 2007 and SB 2184 were referred to the Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee in March 2023 with no further action; HB 4563 passed the House and was referred to that Senate committee on May 4, 2023; and HB 4565 passed the House, was reported from that committee and was placed on the Senate intent calendar on May 22, 2023, its last recorded action. ^[1]^[3]^[6]^[9]^[7]^[4]
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No 2023 regular-session bill found in the search described Amarillo, which lies in Potter and Randall counties, far from Cedar Creek Reservoir and from the border. The search covers only bills whose text contains "351.003"; the sources reviewed do not show whether the City asked any legislator to file a bill for Amarillo or why none was filed. ^[2]^[5]^[8]

Sources

1.Texas Legislature Online, 88(R) HB 4764 bill history — Texas Legislature Online, Mar 10, 2023 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primaryIndependentFiled 03/10/2023; referred to Ways & Means 03/22/2023. "Last Action: 04/03/2023 H Left pending in committee." Caption: "Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in certain municipalities." Date is the filing date.
2.88(R) HB 4764, Introduced version, bill text — Texas Legislature Online, Mar 10, 2023 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primaryIndependentAdds Section 351.003(g): "The rate in a municipality that has a population of at least 150,000 and is partially located in a county that contains a portion of Cedar Creek Reservoir and has a population of at least 145,000 may not exceed nine percent of the price paid for a room." Revenue above seven percent goes to convention center facilities. Date is the filing date.
3.Texas Legislature Online, 88(R) SB 2420 bill history — Texas Legislature Online, Mar 10, 2023 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primaryIndependentAuthor Johnson; same caption and Section 351.003(g) text as HB 4764. Filed 03/10/2023. "Last Action: 03/23/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development." Date is the filing date.
4.Texas Legislature Online, 88(R) HB 4565 bill history — Texas Legislature Online, Mar 9, 2023 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primaryIndependentAuthor Longoria. Filed 03/09/2023; reported engrossed 05/02/2023; referred to Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development 05/04/2023. "Last Action: 05/22/2023 S Placed on intent calendar." No enrolled version. Date is the filing date.
5.88(R) HB 4565, Introduced version, bill text — Texas Legislature Online, Mar 9, 2023 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primaryIndependentDefines 351.001(7)(F) as "a municipality that has a population of at least 70,000 but not more than 180,000 and that is located in a county that borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico" and adds 351.003(g): the rate there "may not exceed nine percent," with revenue above seven percent for "a convention center or multiuse facility." Date is the filing date.
6.Texas Legislature Online, 88(R) SB 2007 bill history — Texas Legislature Online, Mar 9, 2023 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primaryIndependentAuthor LaMantia; same Legislative Council document (88R 12471) as HB 4565. Filed 03/09/2023. "Last Action: 03/21/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development." Date is the filing date.
7.Texas Legislature Online, 88(R) HB 4563 bill history — Texas Legislature Online, Mar 9, 2023 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primaryIndependentAuthor Longoria. Filed 03/09/2023; reported engrossed 05/02/2023. "Last Action: 05/04/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development." Date is the filing date.
8.88(R) HB 4563, Introduced version, bill text — Texas Legislature Online, Mar 9, 2023 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primaryIndependentDefines 351.001(7)(F) as "a municipality that has a population of not more than 25,000, that contains a cultural heritage museum, and that is located in a county that borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico" and adds 351.003(g) allowing up to nine percent there. Date is the filing date.
9.Texas Legislature Online, 88(R) SB 2184 bill history — Texas Legislature Online, Mar 9, 2023 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primaryIndependentAuthor LaMantia; same Legislative Council document (88R 13377) as HB 4563. Filed 03/09/2023. "Last Action: 03/22/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development." Date is the filing date.