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This bill, titled the "Protection From Predatory Pricing Act," aims to regulate certain practices by large food retailers, defined as those with at least 15,000 square feet selling food exempt from sales tax. Specifically, it prohibits these retailers from using "dynamic pricing," which means changing prices for goods or services within a business day based on factors like demand, often through artificial intelligence or self-adjusting models, though it excludes temporary discounts or loyalty program benefits. The bill also prevents food retailers from using "surveillance data"—information collected about consumers through technology like cameras or device tracking that can identify personal behavior, characteristics, or location—to set prices for individual consumers or groups. Furthermore, it prohibits retailers from using "protected class data" (information about a person's membership in a protected group) in a way that denies them accommodations or advantages offered to others. In addition to these pricing and data-related provisions, the bill ensures that food retailers cannot make changes that reduce or harm employee rights or benefits established in existing collective bargaining agreements or memorandums of understanding unless those changes are negotiated and agreed upon with employee representatives, and it allows employees to sue for damages and attorney's fees if this is violated.

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https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0387?ys=2026RS