A bill to repeal a COVID-19-related protocol requiring daily hotel room cleanings could foreshadow a key part of negotiations between Nevada’s resort operators and Culinary Local 226.

The hospitality industry and the union representing its workers are on opposite sides of a debate over Senate Bill 441, which would repeal pandemic-era measures that required daily cleaning and return it to pre-pandemic requirements.

Hospitality leaders say the requirement is no longer needed to address COVID-19 because guest room attendants are hard to find and many guests do not want daily cleaning service.

The union, however, calls it a cost-cutting move to create staffing efficiencies as Strip properties see record revenue and high profits.