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Penny production and cash rounding
Data as of October 9, 2026
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Both chambers have passed it in the same form.
What Congress is deciding
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Should the law end the penny and round cash purchases to the nearest five cents? The U.S. Mint struck its last penny for circulation on November 12, 2025, and pennies remain legal tender. The Common Cents Act puts the end of penny production into law and sets rounding rules for cash payments only. Both chambers have now passed the same bill, H.R. 10167. The Senate passed S. 1525 by unanimous consent on August 7, 2026, and the House is holding it at the desk. The House passed H.R. 3074 by voice vote on July 14 and a revised bill, H.R. 10167, by voice vote on September 14. H.R. 3074 sits in the Senate Banking Committee; the Senate passed H.R. 10167 without amendment by unanimous consent on September 28, 2026. H.R. 10167 goes to the president next.
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Bill would end penny production for circulation and allow cash rounding to 5 cents
Both chambers have passed it in the same form.
The newest version. The House passed it by voice vote on September 14, 2026, and the Senate passed it without amendment by unanimous consent on September 28, 2026. It ends production of pennies for circulation and rounds cash totals to the nearest five cents. Both chambers have passed it in the same form. It goes to the president next.
Bill would end penny production and round cash sales to nearest nickel
Passed the Senate; held at the House desk.
The Senate's version, passed by unanimous consent on August 7, 2026. The House received it on August 10 and is holding it at the desk, which lets the House take it up directly without sending it to a committee. A yes vote in the House sends it to the president; a no vote leaves current coinage law unchanged. There is no vote date on the record.
Bill would end penny production and require cash rounding to nickel
Passed the House; waiting on the Senate.
The House's first version, passed by voice vote on July 14, 2026. The Senate referred it to the Banking Committee on July 15, and it has had no action since. The House later passed a revised bill on the same subject, H.R. 10167. A yes vote in the Senate sends H.R. 3074 to the president; a no vote leaves current coinage law unchanged.
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Where it stands · October 8, 2026
The latest action in the official record on these measures is dated September 28, 2026.
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As of October 1, 2026
On September 28, 2026, the Senate passed H.R. 10167 without amendment by unanimous consent. The same day, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from the bill, also by unanimous consent. H.R. 10167 now stands as "Passed both chambers."
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October 9, 2026Nothing recorded yet today.
September 29 – October 8, 2026Nothing recorded across 10 days.
September 28, 2026
- Floor actionH.R. 10167
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from H.R. 10167 by unanimous consent on September 28, 2026.
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- Floor actionH.R. 10167
H.R. 10167 passed the Senate without amendment by unanimous consent on September 28, 2026.
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September 26 – 27, 2026Nothing recorded across 2 days.
September 15, 2026
- Floor actionH.R. 10167
H.R. 10167 was received in the Senate on September 15, 2026, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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September 14, 2026
- Floor actionH.R. 10167
H.R. 10167 passed the House on September 14, 2026, by voice vote under suspension of the rules.
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August 10, 2026
- Floor actionS. 1525
S. 1525 was received in the House on August 10, 2026.
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- Floor actionS. 1525
S. 1525 was held at the desk in the House on August 10, 2026.
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