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Assembly Bill A9348A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits online retailers from basing prices on certain criteria

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2025-A9348 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8483
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §219, Gen Bus L

2025-A9348 - Summary

Prohibits online retailers from basing prices on the hardware, software, or geolocation of an online device.

2025-A9348 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9348
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TORRES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
   online retailers from basing prices on certain criteria
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 219 to read as follows:
   §  219.  ONLINE RETAILER PRICING. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "COUPON" SHALL MEAN ANY METHOD BY  WHICH  A  CONSUMER  RECEIVES  A
 DISCOUNT  ON  THE  PURCHASE  OF ANY ITEM THAT IS FUNDED, PRODUCED, SPON-
 SORED, PROMOTED, OR FURNISHED, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY A BUSI-
 NESS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PAPER COUPON, A  DIGITAL  COUPON,
 OR AN INSTANT REDEEMABLE COUPON.
   (B) "DISCOUNT" SHALL MEAN ANY REDUCTION FROM THE REGULAR OR ADVERTISED
 PRICE OFFERED TO CONSUMERS ON A TEMPORARY OR CONDITIONAL BASIS.
   (C)  "HARDWARE STATE" SHALL MEAN THE CONDITION OR MODE OF EXISTENCE OF
 A SYSTEM, COMPONENT, OR  SIMULATION,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 BATTERY  LIFE,  NUMBER  OF WIRELESS CONNECTIONS DETECTED, AND AGE OF THE
 DEVICE, DATA THAT IS ERASED  WHEN  AN  ONLINE  DEVICE  IS  RESTARTED  OR
 POWERED  DOWN,  AND  DATA  THAT  IS  RETAINED  WHEN  AN ONLINE DEVICE IS
 RESTARTED OR POWERED DOWN.
   (D) "ONLINE DEVICE" SHALL MEAN A PHYSICAL  OBJECT  THAT  HAS  BUILT-IN
 RESOURCES  THAT ALLOW IT TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH THE INTERNET OR A SHORT-
 RANGE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY AND REACT TO INTERFACE CONDITIONS,  INCLUDING,
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, A LAPTOP COMPUTER, A DESKTOP COMPUTER, A TABLET, A
 SMARTPHONE, OR OTHER SMART HARDWARE.
   2. (A) A PRICE OFFERED TO A CONSUMER THROUGH  SUCH  CONSUMER'S  ONLINE
 DEVICE  SHALL  NOT BE GENERATED BY ANY ONLINE RETAILER OR RETAIL MERCAN-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13624-02-5
 A. 9348                             2
              

2025-A9348A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8483
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §219, Gen Bus L

2025-A9348A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits online retailers from basing prices on the hardware, software, or geolocation of an online device.

2025-A9348A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9348--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TORRES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with  Assembly  Rule  3,
   sec.  2  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
   online retailers from basing prices on certain criteria
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 219 to read as follows:
   § 219. ONLINE RETAILER PRICING. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "BONA  FIDE  DISCOUNT" MEANS A GENUINE REDUCTION IN PRICE THAT IS
 REFERRED TO AS SUCH TO CONSUMERS.  ENTITIES MAY REASONABLY INTERPRET THE
 TERM "BONA FIDE DISCOUNT" TO MEAN A GENUINE REDUCTION FROM A CONTEMPORA-
 NEOUS OR RECENT REFERENCE PRICE THAT IS ESTABLISHED ABSENT OF DECEPTIVE,
 ABUSIVE AND UNFAIR  PRACTICES  AS  REQUIRED  BY  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 FORTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER AND 16 CFR 233.
   (B)  "CONSUMER PRICE" MEANS THE REFERENCE PRICE WITH ADJUSTMENTS BASED
 ON BONA FIDE DISCOUNTS, INCLUDING SALES, COUPONS,  PROMOTIONS  OR  OTHER
 DISCOUNTS.
   (C)  "REFERENCE PRICE" MEANS THE ACTUAL AMOUNT A CONSUMER MUST PAY FOR
 ANY GOOD OR SERVICE, INCLUDING MANDATORY FEES OR  CHARGES  NECESSARY  TO
 RECEIVE  SUCH  GOOD OR SERVICE EXCEPT TAXES OR FEES IMPOSED BY A GOVERN-
 MENT, THAT IS OPENLY AND ACTIVELY OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC IN  THE  REGULAR
 COURSE  OF  BUSINESS  FOR  A REASONABLY SUBSTANTIAL AND RECENT PERIOD IN
 TIME.
   (D) "HARDWARE STATE" SHALL MEAN THE CONDITION OR MODE OF EXISTENCE  OF
 A  SYSTEM,  COMPONENT,  OR  SIMULATION,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 BATTERY LIFE, NUMBER OF WIRELESS CONNECTIONS DETECTED, AND  AGE  OF  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13624-08-6
              

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