SB 6312 Washington Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Prohibiting surveillance-based price discrimination and surge pricing for retail goods.

SB 6312 bans grocery stores from using personal data - like shopping habits, location, or inferred traits - to charge different prices to individual shoppers (surveillance-based price discrimination) or raise prices during high demand (surge pricing). It specifically targets large grocery retailers (excluding small businesses under state law) and requires all prices to be clearly posted and consistent for all customers. The bill also imposes a four-year moratorium on electronic shelf label systems that collect consumer data to modify prices, to study impacts on transparency and jobs. This law aims to ensure fair pricing by preventing retailers from exploiting personal information for dynamic pricing.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Feb 4, 2026
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Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
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Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
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1 primary · 10 co-sponsors

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