{"id":268346,"date":"2026-05-12T18:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268346\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:40:20","slug":"florida-gov-desantis-signs-nearest-nickel-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268346\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Gov. DeSantis signs &#8216;nearest nickel&#8217; bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"359991\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/florida-gov-desantis-signs-nearest-nickel-bill\/attachment\/penniescoinbackgroundforsavingmoneybudgetingfrugalityorsmall\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shutterstock_2631072721-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Shutterstock&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright (c) 2025 karen roach\/Shutterstock.  No use without permission.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Pennies,Coin,Background,For,Saving,Money,,Budgeting,,Frugality,,Or,Small&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pennies,Coin,Background,For,Saving,Money,,Budgeting,,Frugality,,Or,Small\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shutterstock_2631072721-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shutterstock_2631072721.jpg\" alt=\"Here are a few options for SEO-friendly alt text for this photo, depending on the specific focus of the article or page you are placing it on: Option 1: Focus on Budgeting &amp; Saving (Best for financial blogs) Alt text: Close-up background of a pile of United States copper pennies, symbolizing budgeting, personal finance, and saving money.\" class=\"wp-image-359991\"  \/>Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/pennies-coin-background-saving-money-budgeting-2631072721?trackingId=5750f94f-bb0e-41c1-bb17-3b34ac129a3c&amp;listId=searchResults\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An effort to help businesses handle the end of the penny and a trio of education bills were among nine from the 2026 regular session signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The penny bill (SB 1074) allows businesses to round up or down to the nearest nickel in cash transactions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this framework, Florida is a model for how states can navigate currency changes, ensuring businesses can prosper and consumers are protected,\u201d Florida Retail Federation President and CEO Scott Shalley said in a statement following the bill\u2019s signing.<\/p>\n<p>The law takes effect immediately. It doesn\u2019t alter the sales price, the amount of tax collected, or any surcharges, assessments or fees imposed on the sale.<\/p>\n<p>The change was crafted to follow the federal government\u2019s decision last year to cease production of the 1-cent coin.<\/p>\n<p>Among the education bills, one (HB 453) allows two years of marching band to satisfy physical education and performing arts requirements for a high school diploma. The measure also allows students with disabilities who participate in Special Olympics to satisfy the physical education requirement for a diploma.<\/p>\n<p>Another measure (HB 1073) creates the District School Board Members\u2019 Bill of Rights, which gives members the ability to publicly comment on district school board business, except for matters prohibited by law.<\/p>\n<p>A third bill (HB 1201) revises educational programs concerning\u00a0epilepsy\u00a0and revises requirements for a student\u2019s individualized seizure action plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/may-10-16-2001\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 10-16, 2001<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Shutterstock An effort to help businesses handle the end of the penny and a trio of education&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-268346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}