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HB 71WYOMINGSession 2026State Billdead

Did Not Advance

Wyoming Bill Establishes Mandatory Cash-Payment Rounding Rules When Pennies Are Unavailable

Original title: No more pennies-rounding cash payments.

Last action · February 13, 2026: H Did not Consider for IntroductionSponsors: Mike Yin and 5 others

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What This Bill Proposed

Wyoming establishes formal cash-rounding rules for retail sales when exact change is unavailable due to a lack of pennies, requiring totals ending in certain digits to round up or down to the nearest five cents starting July 1, 2026.

Why it matters

Cash-paying shoppers and retail merchants must alter how final cash transactions are tallied, while the Wyoming Department of Agriculture takes on the duty of verifying pricing and computation accuracy for these rounded transactions.

Background

State legislatures occasionally consider cash-rounding legislation as the circulation and utility of low-denomination coins, specifically pennies, shift over time. 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.

Directly affected

Retail sellers

Sellers must apply specific rounding rules to cash transactions when pennies are unavailable and post a notice sign on their premises.

Directly affected

Cash purchasers

Directly affected

Wyoming Department of Agriculture

The director must verify the accuracy of prices, computations, and equipment use for cash-rounding transactions.

Key Facts

Sales ending in one cent, two cents, six cents, or seven cents shall be rounded down to the nearest five cents.
Sales ending in three cents, four cents, eight cents, or nine cents shall be rounded up to the nearest five cents.
Sales totaling exactly one cent or two cents shall be rounded up to five cents.
Sales ending in zero cents or five cents shall not be rounded.

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Applicable sales, use, or other taxes must be added to the sale amount before any rounding calculation occurs, and rounding does not affect total tax due.
Sellers operating out of public commercial premises who engage in rounding must display a sign notifying customers that cash payments not in exact change are subject to rounding.
Rounding rules do not apply to credit, debit, check, exact-change cash payments, or other non-cash payment methods.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program purchases are exempt from rounding except as necessary to comply with federal law.
The director of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture is required to verify the accuracy of prices, computations, and equipment use regarding cash-rounding computations.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does rounding affect the amount of sales tax owed on a transaction?

No. Sales tax is added before rounding, and rounding does not affect the amount of tax due.

Are credit card and debit card transactions subject to these rounding rules?

No. The rules apply exclusively to cash payments when exact change is unavailable.

Must businesses notify customers if they are rounding cash payments?

Yes. Sellers operating out of public commercial premises must display a sign indicating that cash payments not in exact change are subject to rounding.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.

Procedural history

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Feb 13, 2026House
H Did not Consider for Introduction
Feb 5, 2026House
H Received for Introduction
Jan 30, 2026
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