# Georgia HB 1112: Commerce and trade; rounding of total price of sale of goods or services when using legal tender; provide

Georgia HB 1112, Commerce and trade; rounding of total price of sale of goods or services when using legal tender; provide, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Carter Barrett (Republican), Shaw Blackmon (Republican), Johnny Chastain (Republican) and 3 others; status signed, last action 2026-07-01 (Effective Date); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia HB 1112
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Commerce and trade; rounding of total price of sale of goods or services when using legal tender; provide
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-29
- Last action: 2026-07-01, Effective Date
- Sponsors: Carter Barrett (Republican), Shaw Blackmon (Republican), Johnny Chastain (Republican), Brent Cox (Republican), Charles Martin (Republican), Vance Smith (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Banks & Banking, Finance, General Bill
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 4 (412 yes, 25 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Merchants get protections for cash rounding: benefit, low. Georgia and local governments do not tax gains or losses caused by rounding under this law. Merchants who follow the cash-rounding law are protected from conflicting state or local requirements. That protection covers only actions that comply with the cash-rounding rules.
- Cash shoppers get nickel rounding rules: mixed, low. Georgia requires rounding for in-person sales paid with U.S. coins or bills, after adding taxes. Totals ending in 1, 2, 6, or 7 cents round down to the nearest five cents. Totals ending in 3, 4, 8, or 9 cents round up. The law excludes totals ending in 1 or 2 cents that would otherwise round up to…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Carter Barrett (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Shaw Blackmon (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Johnny Chastain (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Brent Cox (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Charles Martin (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Vance Smith (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chuck Hufstetler (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-02 | House | Agree to Senate Substitute | pass | 163 | 4 | 10 |
| 2026-03-25 | Senate | PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE | pass | 50 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-03-25 | Senate | MOTION TO ENGROSS: HB 328, HB 369, HB 519, HB 1112 | pass | 32 | 19 | 4 |
| 2026-03-06 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 167 | 2 | 7 |

## Actions (19)

- 2026-07-01: Effective Date
- 2026-05-11: House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- 2026-05-11: Act 445
- 2026-04-10: House Sent to Governor (House)
- 2026-04-02: House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub (House)
- 2026-03-25: Senate Engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: House Third Readers (House)
- 2026-03-06: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
- 2026-02-26: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
- 2026-02-24: House Withdrawn, Recommitted (House)
- 2026-02-20: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
- 2026-02-03: House Second Readers (House)
- 2026-02-02: House First Readers (House)
- 2026-01-29: House Hopper (House)

## Bill text

- HB 1112/AP* (v12): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/249065)

## Related bills

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- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [HB 1112/AP* (v12) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/249065)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1112-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).