AB 617

This bill prohibits a political subdivision (any city, village, town, or county) from

enacting or enforcing an ordinance that prohibits, or unreasonably restricts, a

person from renting out the person's residential dwelling for seven consecutive days

or longer. The bill defines "residential dwelling" as any building or structure, or part

thereof, that is primarily used and occupied for human habitation or intended to be

so used. If any political subdivision has such an ordinance in effect on the effective

date of the bill, the ordinance does not apply and may not be enforced.

Under current law, the Department of Health Services regulates a variety of

types of lodging establishments, including hotels, bed and breakfast establishments,

and tourist rooming houses. This bill excludes from the definitions of "hotel," "bed

and breakfast establishment," and "tourist rooming house" a residential dwelling

that is rented exclusively for periods that are seven consecutive days or longer. Thus,

the bill provides that a residential dwelling that is rented exclusively for periods of

seven consecutive days or longer does not qualify as a hotel, a bed and breakfast

establishment, or a tourist rooming house and therefore is not subject to regulations

that apply to such lodging establishments.