Overview
- Gov. Wes Moore introduced the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act to prohibit dynamic pricing and surveillance-based individualized pricing at grocery stores.
- The measure requires listed prices to stay the same for at least one business day to stop rapid, automated changes.
- Violations would be treated as unfair or deceptive trade practices and enforced by the Maryland attorney general under the Consumer Protection Act.
- Penalties include fines of up to $10,000 for a first offense and up to $25,000 for subsequent offenses.
- Moore cited “concrete evidence” of such pricing tactics without naming chains, and the proposal builds on the 2024 online data privacy law as leaders aim to pass it this session.