S 1525
Passed a chamber
Directs the Treasury to stop minting one-cent coins for circulation, allows businesses to round cash totals to the nearest 5 cents, and changes the specifications for a new 5-cent coin.
Official title: Common Cents Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
10-AUG-2026
Senate
Introduced
30-APR-2025
Referred
30-APR-2025
Passed
07-AUG-2026
- Requires the Treasury Secretary to stop producing one-cent coins for general circulation, while allowing sales of penny numismatic items and keeping existing pennies legal tender.
- Allows sellers and financial institutions to round cash transactions up or down to the nearest 5 cents when exact change is not available, and lets employers round cash wages up to the nearest 5 cents.
- Exempts rounding done under this law from violating federal, state, or tribal rules, while leaving minimum wage, overtime, and paid leave requirements in place.
- Requires the Federal Reserve Board to report within 90 days on a plan for penny deposits and orders at coin terminals, and requires periodic progress reports afterward.
- Requires 60 days' notice and a plan before the Treasury discontinues any other circulating coin.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Passed Senate, 07-AUG-2026).
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■ 2 D■ 1 R
2 Democrats
1 Republican