A bill for an act relating to rounding the amount of cents for cash transactions and payments.
This bill establishes rules for rounding cash transaction amounts in Iowa to the nearest nickel (5 cents). It requires merchants and employers paying cash wages to round down for amounts ending in 1, 2, 6, or 7 cents; round up for amounts ending in 3, 4, 8, or 9 cents; and always round up 1 or 2 cents to 5 cents. The rules apply only to cash payments, excluding credit cards, checks, electronic transfers, or other non-cash methods. The bill responds to the U.S. Mint suspending penny production in 2025, aiming to simplify cash transactions without pennies.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 23, 2026
Last action May 1, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2026
How they voted
43–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 49
Feb 26, 2026
D
Democratic15
86% Yea
R
Republican34
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
2
May 1, 2026
Introduced
Amendment H-8463 filed.
lower
Apr 8, 2026
Introduced
Amendment H-8328 filed.
lower
Mar 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 1. Excused, 1.
lower
Mar 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Mar 4, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/05/2026 8:15AM House Lounge 2.
legislature
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Young, Lawler and Zabner.
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 0.
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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