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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah requires physical businesses and government entities accepting digital payments to also accept cash
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsors: Kristen Chevrier and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill requires suppliers and government entities that accept digital or card payments at a to also accept cash payments, starting July 1, 2027. Businesses with fewer than 10 employees and transactions requiring credit card security deposits are exempt from the requirement.
Consumers retain the legal option to pay with physical currency at retail and government locations that accept digital cards, ensuring access for individuals without electronic payment methods.
- State legislatures across the United States have increasingly introduced bills addressing retail cash acceptance to protect consumers who lack bank accounts or credit cards, or who prefer physical currency. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Suppliers
Suppliers offering goods or services at physical points of sale must accept cash if they accept digital or card payments, unless exempted by staff size.
Government entities
State and local government entities offering goods, services, or fee payments must provide at least one cash-accepting point of sale if they accept digital or card payments.
Consumers
Consumers retain the legal ability to use physical U.S. currency for purchases and fee payments at covered physical locations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does this bill apply to all businesses in Utah?
Can a business still give store credit instead of cash for change?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
19 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 5, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- Mar 4, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- Feb 23, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0304S01
- Feb 23, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0304S01
Show 13 earlier actions
- Feb 18, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Held
- Feb 18, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0304S01
- Feb 18, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0304S01
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Feb 3, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 2, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0304
- Jan 26, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0304
- Jan 21, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 21, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0304
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0304
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Establishment of Supplier and Government Cash Acts
The state is creating distinct new chapters in the Utah Code (Chapter 82 for suppliers and Chapter 34 for government entities) to legally mandate physical currency acceptance alongside digital payments.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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