S 8580 — Requires merchants to round cash purchases to the nearest five cent denomination in order to reduce the circulation of pennies within New York state
Congress · introduced 2025-11-14
Requires merchants to round cash purchases to the nearest five cent denomination in order to encourage the reduction of the circulation of pennies within New York state.
Latest action: 2026-05-13 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- James Skoufis (—, NY-42) — sponsor · 2025-11-14
- James Sanders Jr. (—, NY-10) — cosponsor · 2025-11-14
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8580A
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Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-14 | James Sanders Jr. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-11-14 | James Skoufis | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Skoufis (—, state_upper NY-42) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | James Sanders Jr. (—, state_upper NY-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-11-14 · cosponsored by James Sanders Jr. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-11-14 · sponsored by James Skoufis (sponsor) · sponsorship