SB 6230

S-3889.1
  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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