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House Background Summary — SHB 2334, Price of a Cash Transaction (As Passed House, February 12, 2026)

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This is the House Background Summary for SHB 2334, as passed House on February 12, 2026, titled an act relating to adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies. The sponsor is the House Committee on Finance. The brief history lists committee activity in Finance on 1/22/26 and 2/6/26 [DPS], and the bill passing the House on 2/12/26, 89-6. The summary lists those voting yea and nay by name, with Representatives Dent, Hackney and Tharinger absent and excused. Persons testifying include Representative April Berg, prime sponsor, and representatives of the WA Retail Association and the Washington Food Industry Association.

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                  HOUSE BACKGROUND SUMMARY
                           SHB 2334
                                        As Passed House:
                                        February 12, 2026

Title: An act relating to adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for
     pennies.

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

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

Brief History:
     Committee Activity:
         Finance: 1/22/26, 2/6/26 [DPS].
     Floor Activity:
         Passed House: 2/12/26, 89-6.

Voting Yea: Representatives Abbarno, Abell, Barkis, Barnard, Berg, Bergquist, Bernbaum,
Berry, Bronoske, Burnett, Callan, Connors, Corry, Cortes, Couture, Davis, Doglio, Donaghy,
Duerr, Dye, Engell, Entenman, Eslick, Farivar, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Fosse, Goodman, Graham,
Gregerson, Griffey, Hall, Hill, Jacobsen, Keaton, Klicker, Kloba, Leavitt, Lekanoff, Ley, Low,
Macri, Manjarrez, McClintock, McEntire, Mena, Morgan, Nance, Obras, Orcutt, Ormsby, Ortiz-
Self, Parshley, Paul, Penner, Peterson, Pollet, Ramel, Reed, Reeves, Richards, Rude, Rule, Ryu,
Salahuddin, Santos, Schmick, Schmidt, Scott, Shavers, Simmons, Springer, Stearns, Steele,
Stokesbary, Stonier, Street, Taylor, Thai, Thomas, Timmons, Valdez, Volz, Walen, Waters,
Wylie, Ybarra, Zahn and Jinkins

Voting Nay: Representatives Chase, Dufault, Marshall, Mendoza, Stuebe and Walsh

Absent:

Excused: Representatives Dent, Hackney and Tharinger

     Persons Testifying: Representative April Berg, prime sponsor; Anthony Mixer, Citizen




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Volunteer Lobbyist; Amber Carter, WA Retail Association; Molly Pfaffenroth, Washington
Food Industry Association; and Brandon Houskeeper, NW Grocery Retail Association.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.




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