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Panel backs limits on algorithm-driven grocery pricing; retailers made concessions but may not fully support bill
Summary
House Bill 895, which would bar grocery stores and food-delivery apps from using personal data to set individualized prices over a 24-hour period and require disclosures where algorithms set prices, was moved favorable as amended; committee members raised multiple questions about the 24‑hour window, definition of 'personal data,' and whether retailers support the final language.
The Economic Matters Committee voted to move House Bill 895 favorable as amended after an extended explanatory exchange about how the bill would limit algorithm-driven dynamic pricing in grocery stores and food-delivery apps.
Committee member (speaker 3) said the measure combines provisions from the governor's bill and the speaker's bill, and that amendments negotiated with retailers limit but do not eliminate the bill's constraints. "So as amended, essentially, it says that grocery stores, food delivery apps cannot use personal data about a person, to set prices differently over the course of a day," the…
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