S-4261.1
SENATE BILL 6312
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By Senators Saldaña, Alvarado, Conway, Dhingra, Frame, Hasegawa, Lovelett, Nobles, Shewmake, Stanford, and Valdez
Read first time 01/26/26. Referred to Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development.
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting surveillance-based price discrimination and surge pricing for retail goods; adding a new section to chapter 43.330 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW; creating a new section; and providing expiration dates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that the use of algorithms for surveillance-based price discrimination and surge pricing threatens fair market access to grocery goods. The use of automation and dynamic pricing models in retail grocery sales exacerbates inequality and undermines consumer trust. The price of retail grocery goods should be rooted in fairness, not in profiling or prediction.
The legislature further finds that comprehensive consumer protection is needed to prevent discriminatory and opaque pricing practices in retail grocery sales as businesses increasingly adopt data-driven technologies to set prices. Innovation should not come at the expense of transparency, fairness, or access to grocery goods.