2026 Regular Session
HB191
Consumer Protection - Retail Transactions for Essential Consumer Goods - Cash Payments
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Prohibiting a merchant, in a certain transaction between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., from prohibiting a person from making a cash payment to purchase an essential consumer good, requiring a person to purchase an essential consumer good by using a credit or debit card, or charging or collecting from a person a higher price than for an equivalent cashless transaction for making a cash payment for the purchase of an essential consumer good; establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 23, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
103 yea–33 nay · 4 not voting · 1 absent
April 13, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
35 yea–11 nay · 1 not voting
April 13, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
99 yea–28 nay · 13 not voting · 1 absent
Committee referrals
March 23, 2026 · Senate
Finance
January 14, 2026 · House
Economic Matters
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 714
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House Passed Enrolled View roll call
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House Third Reading Passed (99-28) View roll call
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House House Concurs Senate Amendments
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Senate Third Reading Passed (35-11) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {493128/1 (Finance Committee) Adopted View roll call
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Senate Motion Laid Over (Senator Gallion) Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {493128/1
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
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Senate Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate Referred Finance
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House Third Reading Passed (103-33) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {763228/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
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House Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Economic Matters
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House Pre-filed