Surveillance Pricing Consumer Protection Prohibition

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Evidence log

• 2026-05-20 — Trade: consumer goods and services; use of certain algorithms and protected class data to set prices; prohibit. Amends sec. 3 of 1976 PA 331 (MCL 445.903) & adds sec. 3j.: cross-connection with surveillance-pricing-prohibition: SB0991 (adds sec. 3j re: algorithms + protected-class data), HB5771 (adds sec. 3p re: surveillance pricing), and the sec. 3q vehicle all amend sec. 3 of the same 1976 PA 331 to address algorithmic/data-driven pricing — worth comparing scope, triggers, and definitions across the package. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-24 — Labor: fair employment practices; use of electronic monitoring or automated decisions tools by an employer; prohibit except for certain purposes. Creates new act.: cross-connection with employer-automated-decision-tools: Both address regulation of algorithmic/automated decision systems — SB 1077 in the employment context, surveillance-pricing rules in the consumer context. (novelty: 4)
• 2026-06-25 — Trade: consumer goods and services; use of surveillance pricing in the sale of certain consumer items; prohibit. Amends secs. 2 & 7 of 2011 PA 15 (MCL 445.312 & 445.317). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6098’26: cross-connection with surveillance-pricing-prohibition: HB6099 amends the 2011 Shopping Reform and Modernization Act while related bills amend the 1976 Consumer Protection Act; the tie-bar package (HB6098/HB6099) appears to be a coordinated multi-statute approach to prohibiting surveillance pricing worth comparing against the HB5771 vehicle. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-25 — Consumer protection: other; use of surveillance pricing in the sale of certain goods and services; prohibit. Amends sec. 3 of 1976 PA 331 (MCL 445.903) & adds sec. 3q. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6099’26: HB6098 (103rd Legislature) would amend the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (1976 PA 331, MCL 445.903) and add sec. 3q to prohibit the use of surveillance pricing in the sale of certain goods and services; tie-barred with HB6099’26. (novelty: 3)

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