# Hawaii SB 3255: RELATING TO CURRENCY.

Hawaii SB 3255, RELATING TO CURRENCY., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) Senate bill sponsored by Mike Gabbard (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-06-25 (Act 159, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260).); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 3255
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO CURRENCY.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-28
- Last action: 2026-06-25, Act 159, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260).
- Sponsor: Mike Gabbard (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Cash Transactions, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, Rounding, Pennies, CPC, FIN
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 11 (234 yes, 7 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

Authorizes cash transactions to be rounded up or down to the nearest five cents, except for cash transactions that total $0.01 or $0.02, which are to be rounded up to $0.05. Exempts transactions in which payment is made by demand or negotiable instrument, electronic fund transfer, check, gift card, money order, credit card, or other like instrument or method. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Cash payments can round to nickels: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, sellers and people paying cash wages may round cash payments made with legal tender to the nearest five cents. Totals ending in 1, 2, 6, or 7 cents round down; totals ending in 3, 4, 8, or 9 cents round up. Totals of 1 or 2 cents round up to 5 cents. The total includes fees,…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mike Gabbard (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Karl Rhoads (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-06 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 2 |   |
| 2026-05-06 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 23 | 2 |   |
| 2026-04-29 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-29 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 2 | 1 |   |
| 2026-04-14 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 1 |   |
| 2026-04-07 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 16 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-24 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN... | pass | 47 | 1 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 10 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (44)

- 2026-06-25: Act 159, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260). (Senate)
- 2026-06-25: Act 159, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260). (House)
- 2026-05-08: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). (Senate)
- 2026-05-08: Enrolled to Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, San Buenaventura). Excused, 0 (none). (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-05-06: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). (House)
- 2026-04-29: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Yamashita, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-04-29: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 76-26). (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26. (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 76-26) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2026-04-29: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26. (House)
- 2026-04-28: Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-29-26 3:30PM in conference room 224. (House)
- 2026-04-27: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 761). (House)
- 2026-04-24: Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; Lamosao, Awa. (Senate)
- 2026-04-20: House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Pierick. (House)
- 2026-04-20: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 770). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). (House)
- 2026-04-14: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-04-10: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2151-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-04-10: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26. (House)
- 2026-04-07: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-04-02: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-24: Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1338-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. (House)
- 2026-03-24: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2). (House)
- 2026-03-17: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen. (House)
- 2026-03-12: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2026-03-12: Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 17 (House)
- 2026-03-12: Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-17-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-10: Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 395) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2026-03-06: Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2879) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: 48 Hrs. Notice 3-10-26. (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: The committee on CPN will reconsider its previous decision on 02-25-26 and will hold a public decision making on 03-04-26 9:34AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-25-26 9:32AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Referred to CPN. (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Introduced. (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Passed First Reading. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3255_CD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3255_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1260_.PDF)
- SB3255_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3255_CD1_.HTM)
- SB3255_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3255_HD1_.HTM)
- SB3255_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3255_HD2_.HTM)
- SB3255_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3255_SD1_.HTM)

## Related bills

- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3255_CD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3255_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1260_.PDF)
- [SB3255_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3255_CD1_.HTM)
- [SB3255_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3255_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB3255_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3255_HD2_.HTM)
- [SB3255_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3255_SD1_.HTM)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026)
- [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026)
- [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026)
- [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026)
- [SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2964-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB3255-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).