Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session
Relating to: requiring retail sellers to accept cash and providing a penalty. (FE)
Retail establishment Trade practice
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires a retailer who sells goods or services from a physical location
to accept cash as payment during a face-to-face sale with a consumer, unless the
person is otherwise prohibited by law from accepting cash. A retailer who violates
this requirement is subject to a civil forfeiture of $200 to $5,000.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Full history
- Aug 12, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Tauchen, Murphy, Mursau, Schraa and Tusler
- Aug 12, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Small Business Development
- Sep 4, 2019 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Aug 3, 2020 · Assembly
Representative L. Myers added as a coauthor