BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5070: Interchange fees on tips

Concerning prohibiting fees on certain acts of commerce to protect tipped wages for workers while reducing the financial burden on employers.

Summary

Prohibits certain entities involved in processing electronic payment transactions from receiving or charging a merchant an interchange fee on the sales and use tax or gratuity amount of a transaction, and imposes a $1,000 penalty for each violation.
Bars an employer from reducing an employee's tips, gratuities, or service charges by the amount of any interchange fees.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5070), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to prohibiting fees on certain acts of commerce to protect tipped wages for workers while reducing the financial burden on employers;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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