House adopts substitute to allow rounding cash totals after penny minting stops

Representative from Buchanan introduced a housekeeping substitute to House Bill 2819 explaining the bill authorizes rounding the final total of a cash sale to the nearest 5¢, giving retailers a clear rule after the penny stopped being minted.

"This legislation authorizes rounding the final total of a cash sale to the nearest 5¢, giving business a clear and concise rule," the Representative from Buchanan said, adding the change does not alter what consumers owe in tax and applies to final cash sales and electronic card payments for parity.

Members noted the bill passed unanimously out of the committee and that the change responds to a national trend away from pennies. A member from Washington described committee backing and said the measure cleans up a near‑future compliance risk. The House adopted the housekeeping substitute and ordered the committee substitute perfected and printed.

Next steps: the House ordered House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2819 perfected and printed; additional legislative steps will be recorded in subsequent floor or committee records.