Adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies.

 H-3416.2

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2334

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By House Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Berg, Street, Parshley, Ryu, Ramel, Reed, Fitzgibbon, Zahn, Wylie, Morgan, Thomas, Ormsby, Stearns, Macri, Hill, and Thai)

READ FIRST TIME 02/09/26.

AN ACT Relating to adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies; adding a new section to chapter 43.17 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 1 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the total price of any in-person cash transaction may be rounded to the nearest five cent increment as follows:

(a) If the final digit of a cash transaction ends in one cent, two cents, six cents, or seven cents, the final digit may be rounded down to the nearest amount divisible by five cents;