I cannot get this to work to save my life...

I created a cron job to run every night and process autoship orders.
Here is a partial sample of my code:

my $_todayIs = Format_Date_For_Viewing(time(),"day_only");
my $sth = $dbh->prepare(qq{SELECT * FROM `autoship_orders` WHERE `day`
+ = ?});
$sth->execute($_todayIs);
my $_cnt = 0;
my $_suc = 0;
my $_fai = 0;
while(my $_sao = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) {
    $_cnt++;
    my %_billingInfo = ();
    my $sth2 = $dbh->prepare(qq{SELECT * FROM `secured_data` WHERE `si
+d` = ? AND `Id` = ?});
    $sth2->execute($_sao->{sid},$_sao->{Id});
    my $_sd = $sth2->fetchrow_hashref();
    $sth2->finish();
    $sth2 = $dbh->prepare(qq{SELECT * FROM `reg_members` WHERE `Id` = 
+?});
    $sth2->execute($_sao->{Id});
    my $_regmem = $sth2->fetchrow_hashref();
    $sth2->finish();
    # Get Secure Data
    my $_billing = $_sd->{p11};
    $_billing = decryptdata($_billing,$_encryptionKey);
    $_billing = decrypt($_billing);
    # Bunch of other code.... decryption ........
    my @_billingData = split(/;/, $_billing);
    ($_billingFname,$_billingLname) = split / /, $_billingData[0], 2;
    $_billingInfo{fname} = $_billingFname;
    $_billingInfo{lname} = $_billingLname;
    $_billingInfo{address} = $_billingData[1];
    # other code setting some other hash keys in %_billingInfo
    my $_cardCharged = chargeCard(\%_billingInfo);
# That is what I have passed
# Here is my chargeCard sub (top of it anyways):
sub chargeCard {
    %_billingInfo = shift;
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Anyhow, I created code to debug it, like this:

my $_debug = 1;
open(BUG,">>/home/path/to/file") if $_debug;
seek(BUG, 0, 2) if $_debug;
print BUG qq~Started debugging at line: ~ . __LINE__ . "\n" if $_debug
+;

    if($_debug) {
        foreach my $key (keys (%_billingInfo)) {
            print BUG escapeHTML ($key) . " = " . escapeHTML ($_billin
+gInfo{$key}) . "\n";
        }
    }
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Now in the while statement readin the database, where I create it, it does print all the keys in the text file, but where I pass it, there is nothing. I have passed it these ways, all to no avail:

    my $_cardCharged = chargeCard($_billingInfo);

sub chargeCard {
    %_billingInfo = shift;

# AND

    my $_cardCharged = chargeCard(\$_billingInfo);

sub chargeCard {
    %_billingInfo = shift;

# AND
    my $_cardCharged = chargeCard(%_billingInfo);

sub chargeCard {
    %_billingInfo = shift;

# AND

    my $_cardCharged = chargeCard(\%_billingInfo);

sub chargeCard {
    %_billingInfo = shift;

# AND every other way I can think of...
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I am getting so frustrated, I cannot fingure out what I'm doing wrong. I pass hash's all the time, but I cannot get this to work to save my life. I'd appreciate any help you can be.

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