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Committee debates bill to ban surveillance‑based individualized wages; referral motion fails under committee power‑sharing
Summary
House File 4131 would ban the use of surveillance or personal data and automated decision systems to set individualized wages and require disclosure and dispute procedures. Testimony split among labor advocates pushing for guardrails and industry groups warning of broad unintended consequences; a referral motion received a majority but failed under the committee's power‑sharing rule.
Vice Chair Greenman presented House File 4131 and an A3 amendment; the committee approved the amendment and Greenman framed the bill as a response to companies using extensive personal data and AI to personalize prices and wages. Greenman said the wage portion landed in labor committee purview and argued the bill would ban using surveillance data unrelated to the task to set individualized wages, while allowing legitimate pay differences tied to task…
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