---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legal tender; authorizing the rounding of in-person cash transactions to the nearest five cents"
description: "Consumer Protection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 545"
citation: "Alabama HB 545 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3823955a-a488-46f8-a7ed-8328ecb5b95d"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "f74533f059c7cae28e7f8e90f63be4de83b6c45201f9311980f134b1e9ee7ed4"
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-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 545 (2026rs) — Legal tender; authorizing the rounding of in-person cash transactions to the nearest five cents

Consumer Protection

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB545-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB545-eng.pdf)
3. **Hovey motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 1178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/PSDNNRG-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/MS3I61H-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB545-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Crow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1179 `passage`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Hovey motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 1178
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Figures 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Banking and Insurance)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Banking and Insurance)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1019 `passage`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1018
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Financial Services Engrossed Substitute Offered (Financial Services) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Financial Services)
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Financial Services)
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Financial Services)
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3823955a-a488-46f8-a7ed-8328ecb5b95d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).