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SB 1005: Local agency: payment: rounding amount.
What SB 1005 does, verified September 20, 2026
This bill allows local government agencies to round the amount of cash payments to the nearest $0.05. To be eligible, the governing body of the local agency must adopt a resolution making the provisions applicable. The bill defines terms for its purposes, but the specific details of the definition are not provided. The bill aims to simplify payment processing for local agencies by allowing them to round cash payments.
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| Sep. 18, 2026 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 321, Statutes of 2026. |
| Sep. 18, 2026 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Aug. 21, 2026 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. |
| Aug. 17, 2026 | Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Aug. 17, 2026 | Urgency clause adopted. |
Latest bill textEnrolled version, August 19, 2026 · 566 words
| Enrolled August 19, 2026 |
| Passed IN Senate August 17, 2026 |
| Passed IN Assembly August 13, 2026 |
| Amended IN Assembly July 02, 2026 |
| Amended IN Assembly June 04, 2026 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1005
| Introduced by Senator Caballero (Coauthor: Senator Arreguín) (Coauthor: Assembly Member Ward) |
February 09, 2026 |
An act to add Section 6158 to the Government Code, relating to local government, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1005, Caballero. Local agency: payment: rounding amount.
Existing law requires a public agency to accept specified methods of payment for designated obligations.
This bill would authorize a local agency to round the amount of any payment made wholly or partly in cash to the local agency, or any refund or other amount tendered wholly or partly in cash by the local agency, to the nearest $0.05. The bill would apply to a local agency only if the governing body of the local agency adopts, by majority vote, a resolution to make its provisions applicable to the local agency. The bill would define terms for its purposes.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 6158 is added to the Government Code, to read:6158.
(a) As used in this section:(1) “Local agency” has the same meaning as defined in Section 54951.
(2) “Payment” means any tax, fee, or charge paid to the local agency, or other funds tendered to the local agency for any license, permit, or public service, or in payment of any trust deposit, and includes any payment set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 6159.
(b) A local agency may round the amount of any payment made wholly or partly in cash to the local agency, or any refund or other amount tendered wholly or partly in cash by the local agency, to the nearest five cents ($0.05).
(c) This section shall apply to a local agency only if the governing body of the local agency adopts, by majority vote, a resolution to make this section applicable to the local agency.
(d) The Legislature finds and declares that authorizing local agencies to round transactions made wholly or partly in cash to the nearest five cents ($0.05) serves a public purpose, and is of benefit to the state and local agencies, by facilitating the conduct of public business if the United States Mint ceases to produce pennies, notwithstanding the potential reduction or elimination of the production of pennies by the United States Mint.
SEC. 2.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:The shortage of United States pennies has reached unprecedented levels, creating immediate operational challenges for tax collection offices and other local government agencies across California. Without the ability to provide accurate change for cash transactions, public-facing agencies are increasingly unable to process routine payments efficiently, generating public frustration, slowing service delivery, and eroding confidence in cash-based government transactions. Counties are encountering these challenges now, well in advance of the timelines initially anticipated, requiring an urgent legislative action before the disruption becomes more widespread.
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