SB 425 — Prohibits a merchant from charging or collecting a fee for a person's use of a credit card or debit card in payment for goods or services if the merchant does not accept payment for the goods or services in cash.
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
Digest: Says that a merchant cannot charge a fee to use a credit card or debit card if the merchant does not accept cash. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.8). Prohibits a merchant from charging or collecting a fee for a person's use of a credit card or debit card in payment for goods or services if the merchant does not accept payment for the goods or services in cash.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
- Prozanski, Floyd (D, OR-4) — sponsor
- Manning Jr., James (D, OR-7) — sponsor
- Frederick, Lew (D, OR-22) — cosponsor
- Meek, Mark (D, OR-20) — cosponsor
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Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Frederick, Lew | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Manning Jr., James | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Meek, Mark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Prozanski, Floyd | 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 | Manning Jr., James (D, state_upper OR-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Prozanski, Floyd (D, state_upper OR-4) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Frederick, Lew (D, state_upper OR-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Meek, Mark (D, state_upper OR-20) | 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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- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Frederick, Lew (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Meek, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Prozanski, Floyd (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Manning Jr., James (sponsor) · sponsorship