---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Rounding Cash Transactions - Authorization"
description: "Business Regulation - Rounding Cash Transactions - Authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 893"
citation: "Maryland SB 893 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gile"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c2aa2f6-cf49-43e5-a2d9-f37f62f01c4b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0893?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "55130472b63ea8002798f0adc8311f78fd9a42d3aae1c2154660c285869fcfc9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 893 (2026) — Business Regulation - Rounding Cash Transactions - Authorization

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Rounding Cash Transactions - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_516_sb0893e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Business Regulation - Rounding Cash Transactions - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0893e.pdf)
3. **First - Business Regulation - Rounding Cash Transactions - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0893f.pdf)
4. **Third - Business Regulation - Rounding Cash Transactions - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0893t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **37–9** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **124–12** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **36–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gile — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Motion Special Order until 3/11 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-11** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2026-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c2aa2f6-cf49-43e5-a2d9-f37f62f01c4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).