Bills / H.B. 304
H.B. 304 Cash Payments Amendments
- Introduced
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would require in-person businesses with 10 or more employees that regularly take card or digital payments to also accept cash starting in July 2027. Businesses with fewer than 10 employees are exempt, and businesses may give change as store credit.
Plain-English summary written by AI from the sponsor’s presentation in committee and on the floor. Check the official text below.
Official description
- defines terms
- mandates that a supplier and a government entity accept cash as payment if the supplier or the government entity accept a digital or card payment at a physical point of sale
- requires a supplier and a government entity with multiple checkout areas to maintain at least one physical point of sale that accepts cash at each place of business or office that has a physical point of sale
- preserves the right of a supplier and a government entity to require exact change
- makes technical and conforming changes
What it costs you
- State spending from tax funds goes up by $52,500 in FY2027.
- The official fiscal note on residents and businesses:
Enactment of this legislation could cost suppliers up to $2,500 for a violation of the cash requirement for their physical points of sale. The aggregate number and amount of these fines is unknown.
From the bill's latest official fiscal note, counting the state's tax funds (General, Income Tax, Education, Uniform School, and Transportation) in the first full budget year after the session. Some bills take effect partway through that year, so later years can be larger; the note shows each year. Household count: U.S. Census Bureau. An average is a starting point, not your bill.
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Hearings and debates
- Feb 18, 2026 House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (63 turns) →