OR HB 4178
enactedRelating to rounding procedures in transactions; and declaring an emergency.
Oregon · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did OR HB 4178 pass?
Yes. OR HB 4178 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-13): Chapter 126, (2026 Laws): Effective date April 7, 2026.
What is OR HB 4178 about?
</b> </i>] Allows [<i>a</i>]<b> some</b> [<i>place</i>]<b> places</b> of public accommodation offering goods or services to adopt a rounding policy under which the final digit of the total amount due or remaining amount due in certain in-person transactions will be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment.<b> Specifies rounding procedures.</b> Provides an exception for a buyer who pays in exact change. Requires a place of public accommodation to post signs giving notice of the rounding policy. [<i>Declares that rounding done in accordance with the Act is not an unlawful distinction, discrimination or restriction against United States coins or currency under ORS chapter 659A or price misrepresentation under ORS 618.236.</i>] Exempts from liability as an unlawful trade or business practice any rounding done in accordance with the Act. <b>Allows a public body to establish a reasonable rounding policy under which the final digit of the total amount due or remaining amount due in certain in-person transactions with the public body may be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment. Requires a public body to post signs giving notice of the rounding policy and publicize the rounding policy. Declares that rounding done in accordance with the Act by a place of public accommodation or a public body is not an unlawful distinction, discrimination or restriction against United States coins or currency under ORS chapter 659A or price misrepresentation under ORS 618.236.</b> Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Description
</b> </i>] Allows [<i>a</i>]<b> some</b> [<i>place</i>]<b> places</b> of public accommodation offering goods or services to adopt a rounding policy under which the final digit of the total amount due or remaining amount due in certain in-person transactions will be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment.<b> Specifies rounding procedures.</b> Provides an exception for a buyer who pays in exact change. Requires a place of public accommodation to post signs giving notice of the rounding policy. [<i>Declares that rounding done in accordance with the Act is not an unlawful distinction, discrimination or restriction against United States coins or currency under ORS chapter 659A or price misrepresentation under ORS 618.236.</i>] Exempts from liability as an unlawful trade or business practice any rounding done in accordance with the Act. <b>Allows a public body to establish a reasonable rounding policy under which the final digit of the total amount due or remaining amount due in certain in-person transactions with the public body may be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment. Requires a public body to post signs giving notice of the rounding policy and publicize the rounding policy. Declares that rounding done in accordance with the Act by a place of public accommodation or a public body is not an unlawful distinction, discrimination or restriction against United States coins or currency under ORS chapter 659A or price misrepresentation under ORS 618.236.</b> Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-16
- Latest action
- 2026-04-13 — Chapter 126, (2026 Laws): Effective date April 7, 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
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Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-13
Chapter 126, (2026 Laws): Effective date April 7, 2026.
2026-04-07
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-10
President signed.
passage
2026-03-10
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-06
Third reading. Carried by Starr. Passed.
passage,reading-3
2026-03-04
Second reading.
reading-2
2026-03-04
Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-03
Public Hearing and Work Session held.
2026-03-02
Referred to Rules.
referral-committee
2026-03-02
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-27
Third reading. Carried by Wallan. Passed.
passage,reading-3
2026-02-26
Second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-26
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-24
Work Session held.
2026-02-19
Public Hearing held.
2026-02-16
Referred to Rules.
referral-committee
2026-02-16
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
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Votes
Heard and Reported Out with Amendments
2026-02-24 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Ben Bowman: yes
- Lucetta Elmer: yes
- Dacia Grayber: yes
- Jason Kropf: yes
- Hai Pham: yes
- Alek Skarlatos: yes
- Kim Wallan: yes
Third reading. Carried by Wallan. Passed.
2026-02-27 · pass · 40-2
Member-level votes (60)
- Shannon Isadore: yes
- Kim Wallan: yes
- Nancy Nathanson: yes
- Zach Hudson: yes
- Travis Nelson: absent
- Lesly Muñoz: yes
- Matt Bunch: yes
- Thuy Tran: absent
- Farrah Chaichi: yes
- Kevin Mannix: absent
- Ed Diehl: absent
- Ben Bowman: yes
- Tawna Sanchez: yes
- Dacia Grayber: yes
- Nathan Sosa: yes
- Dwayne Yunker: absent
- Emerson Levy: yes
- Jeffrey Helfrich: absent
- Mark Gamba: yes
- Court Boice: yes
- Annessa Hartman: absent
- Cyrus Javadi: absent
- E. Werner Reschke: absent
- Alek Skarlatos: absent
- Mari Watanabe: yes
- Gregory Smith: yes
- Julie Fahey: yes
- Mark Owens: no
- Jason Kropf: yes
- Willy Chotzen: yes
- Darin Harbick: no
- Sarah McDonald: yes
- Susan McLain: yes
- Boomer Wright: absent
- Ricki Ruiz: yes
- Darcey Edwards: absent
- April Dobson: yes
- Emily McIntire: absent
- Jules Walters: yes
- Virgle Osborne: absent
- John Lively: yes
- Pam Marsh: yes
- Bobby Levy: yes
- Anna Scharf: yes
- Lisa Fragala: yes
- Lamar Wise: yes
- Andrea Valderrama: absent
- Jami Cate: yes
- Tom Andersen: yes
- Paul Evans: yes
- Sue Rieke Smith: yes
- David Gomberg: yes
- Vikki Breese-Iverson: yes
- Rob Nosse: yes
- Ken Helm: yes
- Rick Lewis: absent
- Shelly Boshart Davis: absent
- Daniel Nguyen: yes
- Hai Pham: absent
- Lucetta Elmer: yes
Heard and Reported Out
2026-03-03 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Jeff Golden: yes
- Kayse Jama: yes
- James Manning Jr.: yes
- Bruce Starr: yes
- Kim Thatcher: yes
Third reading. Carried by Starr. Passed.
2026-03-06 · pass · 26-2
Member-level votes (30)
- Rob Wagner: yes
- Dick Anderson: yes
- Wlnsvey Campos: yes
- Fred Girod: yes
- James Manning Jr.: yes
- Janeen Sollman: yes
- Bruce Starr: yes
- Diane Linthicum: yes
- Suzanne Weber: yes
- Mark Meek: no
- Kathleen Taylor: no
- Noah Robinson: yes
- Christine Drazan: absent
- David Brock Smith: yes
- Sara Gelser Blouin: yes
- Deb Patterson: yes
- Mike McLane: yes
- Todd Nash: yes
- Courtney Neron Misslin: yes
- Lew Frederick: yes
- Chris Gorsek: yes
- Floyd Prozanski: yes
- Kim Thatcher: yes
- Kate Lieber: yes
- Kayse Jama: yes
- Anthony Broadman: yes
- Jeff Golden: yes
- Cedric Hayden: absent
- Khanh Pham: yes
- Lisa Reynolds: yes
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