Senate Bill 6230 — Adjusting the Price of a Cash Transaction to Eliminate the Need for Pennies (Washington)

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Senate Bill 6230, State of Washington, 69th Legislature, 2026 Regular Session, by Senators Frame and Stanford, read first time 01/20/26 and referred to the Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development. The title describes an act relating to adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies. The bill provides that a total price ending in one cent, two cents, six cents, or seven cents is rounded down, and one ending in three cents, four cents, eight cents, or nine cents is rounded up, to the nearest amount divisible by five cents. It applies only to purchases made by legal tender and not to payment by credit card, debit card, electronic payment or similar instruments.

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                                 SENATE BILL 6230


     State of Washington         69th Legislature      2026 Regular Session

     By Senators Frame and Stanford

     Read first time 01/20/26.   Referred to Committee on Business, Trade &
     Economic Development.




1        AN ACT Relating to adjusting the price of a cash transaction to
2    eliminate the need for pennies; adding a new section to chapter 82.08
3    RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW.


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


 5       NEW SECTION.   Sec. 1.   A new section is added to chapter 82.08
 6   RCW to read as follows:
 7       (1) The total price of any transaction must be adjusted as
 8   follows:
 9       (a) If the total price results in a sum ending in one cent, two
10   cents, six cents, or seven cents, the total price must be rounded
11   down to the nearest amount divisible by five cents; or
12       (b) If the total price results in a sum ending in three cents,
13   four cents, eight cents, or nine cents, the total price must be
14   rounded up to the nearest amount divisible by five cents.
15       (2) This section applies only to purchases made by legal tender.
16   This section does not apply to transactions for which payment is made
17   by any demand or negotiable instrument, electronic fund transfer,
18   money order, credit card, debit card, electronic payment, or other
19   like instrument.
20       (3) The department shall adopt rules for transactions that are
21   made by a combination of legal tender and any other form of payment.
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 1       (4) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions
 2   apply:
 3       (a) "Legal tender" means all coins and currencies of the United
 4   States.
 5       (b) "Total price" means the final amount due and payable by the
 6   buyer for the purchase of any good, service, or other product, or
 7   combination thereof, after all applicable taxes and fees are applied,
 8   as well as any discounts or other adjustments are made by the seller.
 9       (c) "Transaction" means the entire purchase by a buyer from a
10   seller for all goods, services, and other products, at that date and
11   time as is shown on an invoice or receipt. A transaction may include
12   one item or multiple items.

13       NEW SECTION.   Sec. 2.   A new section is added to chapter 82.12
14   RCW to read as follows:
15       (1) The total price of any transaction must be adjusted as
16   follows:
17       (a) If the total price results in a sum ending in one cent, two
18   cents, six cents, or seven cents, the total price must be rounded
19   down to the nearest amount divisible by five cents; or
20       (b) If the total price results in a sum ending in three cents,
21   four cents, eight cents, or nine cents, the total price must be
22   rounded up to the nearest amount divisible by five cents.
23       (2) This section applies only to transactions made by legal
24   tender. This section does not apply to transactions for which payment
25   is made by any demand or negotiable instrument, electronic fund
26   transfer, money order, credit card, debit card, electronic payment,
27   or other like instrument.
28       (3) The department shall adopt rules for transactions that are
29   made by a combination of legal tender and any other form of payment.
30       (4) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions
31   apply:
32       (a) "Legal tender" means all coins and currencies of the United
33   States.
34       (b) "Total price" means the final amount due and payable by the
35   buyer for the purchase of any good, service, or other product, or
36   combination thereof, after all applicable taxes and fees are applied,
37   as well as any discounts or other adjustments are made by the seller.
38       (c) "Transaction" means the entire purchase by a buyer from a
39   seller for all goods, services, and other products, at that date and
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1   time as is shown on an invoice or receipt. A transaction may include
2   one item or multiple items.

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