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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Legal tender; authorizing the rounding of in-person cash transactions to the nearest five cents"
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description: "Consumer Protection"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
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legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
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session: "2026rs"
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identifier: "HB 545"
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citation: "Alabama HB 545 (2026rs)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Crow"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3823955a-a488-46f8-a7ed-8328ecb5b95d"
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source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
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source_hash: "f74533f059c7cae28e7f8e90f63be4de83b6c45201f9311980f134b1e9ee7ed4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
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---
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# Alabama HB 545 (2026rs) — Legal tender; authorizing the rounding of in-person cash transactions to the nearest five cents
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Consumer Protection
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB545-int.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB545-eng.pdf)
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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)
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4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/MS3I61H-1.pdf)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB545-enr.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Crow — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
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- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
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- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
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- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
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- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1179 `passage`
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- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Hovey motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 1178
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- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Figures 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Banking and Insurance)
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Banking and Insurance)
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- **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`
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- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
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- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1019 `passage`
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- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1018
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- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Financial Services Engrossed Substitute Offered (Financial Services) `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
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- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Financial Services)
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- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Financial Services)
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- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Financial Services)
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- **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`
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## Source
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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).
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