Wirtschaftsausschuss
Bundestag's Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy; passed Germany's short-term rental data law.
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Which Bundestag committee cleared Germany's STR data law with only AfD opposing?
Timeline for Wirtschaftsausschuss
Approved KVDG on 22 April with cross-party majority
Nomads & Communities: Bundestag committee passes KVDG; AfD alone opposed- What is the Wirtschaftsausschuss in Germany?
- The Wirtschaftsausschuss is the Bundestag's standing Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy, responsible for scrutinising and advancing economic legislation including digital-platform rules.
- Which Bundestag committee passed the German STR data law in 2026?
- The Wirtschaftsausschuss (Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy) passed the KVDG on 22 April 2026, with only the AfD voting against.Source: Bundestag committee record
Background
The Wirtschaftsausschuss (Bundestag Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy) advanced Germany's short-term rental compliance framework on 22 April 2026, passing the Kurzzeitvermietungs-Datenaustausch-Gesetz (KVDG) with broad cross-party support. Only the AfD voted against. The committee passage cleared the way for Germany's SDEP-compliant national data portal under the EU STR Regulation .
The Wirtschaftsausschuss is one of the Bundestag's standing committees, overseeing legislation touching trade, industry, and the digital economy. It typically conducts the line-by-line scrutiny of economic bills before plenary votes.
The committee's KVDG vote was notably cross-partisan, with SPD, CDU/CSU, Greens, and Die Linke all supporting a federal data-sharing framework, testing the limits of Bundesstaatsprinzip reservations from Länder housing ministries.