State lawmakers are considering a bill that would require businesses to accept cash payments for purchases less than $300, a move that supporters said keeps the economy open to all Marylanders.
“Cash is the staple of our country,” Del. Gregory Wims, D-Montgomery, said at a House hearing last month. “No person should be prohibited from using legal tender when trying to buy groceries at the supermarket or clothes at a clothing store.”
The bill, the “Consumer Protection – Retail Transactions – Cash Payments,” would address the growing number of incidents of merchants not accepting cash payments at brick and mortar stores, said Wims, who introduced the measure…