HB 2388 — An Act providing for rounding of certain payment sums paid by physical legal tender.

PRINTER'S NO.   3223

                    THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2388
                                               Session of
                                                 2026

     INTRODUCED BY DAVIDSON, HILL-EVANS, SHUSTERMAN, KUTZ AND CURRY,
        APRIL 15, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, APRIL 16, 2026


                                    AN ACT
 1   Providing for rounding of certain payment sums paid by physical
 2      legal tender.
 3      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 4   hereby enacts as follows:
 5   Section 1.    Short title.
 6      This act shall be known and may be cited as the Pennsylvania
 7   Common Cents Act.
 8   Section 2.    Definitions.
 9      The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10   have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11   context clearly indicates otherwise:
12      "Commonwealth agency."    A department, bureau, board or other
13   body created by the laws of this Commonwealth.
14      "Municipal authority."    A body or board authorized to enact
15   ordinances or adopt resolutions on behalf of a municipality and
16   that:
17           (1)   provides natural or artificial gas, electricity or
18      steam for the production of light, heat or power to or for
 1      the public for compensation;
 2            (2)   diverts, develops, pumps, impounds, distributes or
 3      furnishes water to or for the public for compensation; or
 4            (3)   provides wastewater collection, treatment or
 5      disposal for the public for compensation.
 6      "Physical legal tender."     Coins, banknotes and other currency
 7   recognized as legal tender under 31 U.S.C. § 5103 (relating to
 8   legal tender).
 9      "Political subdivision."     A county, city, borough, township,
10   town or school district with taxing jurisdiction in a defined
11   geographic area within this Commonwealth.
12      "Public utility."     A person that owns or operates in this
13   Commonwealth equipment or facilities for:
14            (1)   producing, generating, transmitting, distributing or
15      furnishing natural or artificial gas, electricity or steam
16      for the production of light, heat or power to or for the
17      public for compensation;
18            (2)   diverting, developing, pumping, impounding,
19      distributing or furnishing water to or for the public for
20      compensation; or
21            (3)   wastewater collection, treatment or disposal for the
22      public for compensation.
23   Section 3.     Physical legal tender transactions rounding.
24      (a)   Rounding required.--A political subdivision,
25   Commonwealth agency, municipal authority or public utility that
26   accepts face-to-face, in-person sales or collections of physical
27   legal tender in this Commonwealth shall determine the total
28   price of collections in the following manner:
29            (1)   Collections shall be totaled with any discount or
30      deduction.

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 1            (2)   If one cent, two cents, six cents or seven cents is
 2      at the end of the total sum, the sum shall be rounded down to
 3      the nearest amount divisible by five for those individuals
 4      paying with physical legal tender.
 5            (3)   If three cents, four cents, eight cents or nine
 6      cents is at the end of the total sum, the sum shall be
 7      rounded up to the nearest amount divisible by five for those
 8      individuals paying with physical legal tender.
 9      (b)   Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a payment
10   method utilizing a payment other than physical legal tender,
11   such as a check, debit card, credit card or electronic or
12   digital payment.
13   Section 4.     Effective date.
14      This act shall take effect immediately.




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