Require retail merchants to give customers the option to pay cash

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Overview Bill text 1 History 2 Sponsors

To enact section 1333.97 of the Revised Code to require retail merchants to give customers the option to pay by cash.

Chamber: Senate
Introduced: Jan 22, 2025
Last action: Jan 29, 2025 — Referred to committee
Session: 136
Momentum: 39 · Low

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 4%, measured from OH's completed sessions
Momentum -2 39/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 619 days quiet

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