Payment Choice Act of 2019
Latest action · May 9, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 9, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Payment Choice Act of 2019
This bill makes it unlawful for a person selling goods or services at retail to (1) refuse to accept U.S. cash for the goods or services, (2) post signs or notices stating that cash payment is unaccepted, or (3) charge a higher price to a customer who pays by cash.
Cosponsors 56
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2019 to Dec 7, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Jul 22, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Oct 11, 2019 | |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| R-TN | John W. Rose | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Nov 1, 2019 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Nov 20, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jan 14, 2020 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jan 21, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Feb 5, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Feb 18, 2020 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | May 12, 2020 | |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | May 12, 2020 | |
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Jun 18, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jun 18, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Jun 24, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jul 13, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Jul 16, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Jul 16, 2020 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Jul 21, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Aug 11, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Aug 11, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Aug 25, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Sep 15, 2020 | |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Dec 7, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 9, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2019Introduced in House
- May 9, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 77, May 9, 2019, page H3681.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-97 | MONETARY POLICY AND THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY104 pages | Financial Services Committee | Jun 17, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4145 | Payment Choice Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jul 1, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit retail businesses from refusing cash payments, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Payment Choice Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 9, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
