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type: "Bill"
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title: "Adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies."
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description: "Adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 2334"
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citation: "Washington HB 2334 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-08"
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last_action: "2026-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bc192bd-5a3e-431b-b9a4-c615c7f6aa1c"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2334&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "b032cd9a1125c233308a91740fcb1c8e22a3aefe0837e85a131eccb1ca6b400f"
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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-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 2334 (2025-2026) — Adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies.
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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. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2334.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2334-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2334-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **80–15** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **89–6** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#37) — **45–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Berg — primary (person)
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- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
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- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
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- Street — cosponsor (person)
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- Thai — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
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- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-04** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 4:00 PM.
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- **2026-02-06** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-06** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2026-02-06** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 26). `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** First reading, referred to Business, Trade & Economic Development. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-25** BTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 2:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-27** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Business, Trade & Economic Development. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
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- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 80; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-23** Chapter 138, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
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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/6bc192bd-5a3e-431b-b9a4-c615c7f6aa1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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