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Bill Text

A4523 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4523 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� CHIGOZIE U. ONYEMA

District 28 (Essex and Union)

Assemblyman� WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblymen Venezia, 
Kearney, Assemblywomen Haider, Brennan and Assemblyman Stewart

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes �Fair Price Protection Act.� 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning surveillance-based price setting and 
supplementing P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.).

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� This act shall be known 
and may be cited as the �Fair Price Protection Act.�

���� 2.��� As used in this act:

���� �Bona fide discount� means an 
offered price that is lower than the genuine price at which a product or 
service is widely offered to the public on a regular basis for a reasonably 
substantial period of time and not for the purpose of establishing a fictitious 
price to enable the subsequent offer of a reduction.

���� �Clear and conspicuous� means 
in larger type than the surrounding text, or in contrasting type, font, or 
color to the surrounding text of the same size, or set off from the surrounding 
text of the same size by symbols or other marks, in a manner that clearly calls 
attention to the language.

���� �Consumer� means a natural 
person who is seeking to purchase, or is solicited to purchase, groceries and 
other foodstuffs or services for personal, family, or household use.

���� Electronic shelving label� 
means an electronic and wireless paper, also known as �E-paper,� display that 
presents the product and pricing information for groceries and other 
foodstuffs.

���� �Groceries and other 
foodstuffs� or �product� means dairy products, meat and delicatessen products, 
produce products, seafood products, carbonated beverages, coffee and other 
beverages, snack foods, candy products, baked products, paper products, 
household cleaning items, health and beauty products, frozen foods, pet foods 
and supplies, and any other edible product not previously listed.� 

���� �Retail food store� means any 
retail establishment where groceries and other foodstuffs are regularly and 
customarily sold in a bona fide manner for off-premises consumption.

���� �Service� means any activity that 
is performed, in whole or in part, for the purpose of financial gain including, 
but not limited to, sale, rental, leasing, and licensing for use. 

���� �Surveillance-based price 
setting� means offering or setting a customized price for a product or service for 
a specific consumer or group of consumers based, in whole or in part, on 
information collected through electronic surveillance technology, which 
involves the use of technological methods, systems, or tools including, but not 
limited to, sensors, cameras, device tracking, biometric monitoring, or other 
forms of observation or data collection, capable of gathering information about 
a consumer�s behavior, characteristics, location, or other personal attributes, 
whether in physical or digital environments.

���� �Surveillance data� means data 
that is related to the personal information, behavior, or biometrics of a 
consumer and includes data gathered, purchased, or otherwise acquired.

���� �Third-party grocery delivery 
platform� means a business entity, outside of the operation of a retail food 
store, that operates a website, mobile application, or digital platform that 
provides the service of facilitating, arranging, or enabling the purchase or 
delivery of groceries and other foodstuffs from a retail food store to a 
consumer.

���� 3.��� a.� Except as provided 
in subsection b. of this section, it shall be considered an unlawful practice 
and a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) for a retail food store or 
third-party grocery delivery platform to sell or offer for sale groceries and 
other foodstuffs or a service and charge different prices to different 
consumers for the same, or a substantially similar, product or service using, 
informed by, or based on, in whole or in part, surveillance-based price setting 
through the use of surveillance data collected from consumers.

���� b.��� (1) For purposes of this 
act, the following shall not be considered surveillance-based price setting if 
the conditions of paragraph (2) of this subsection are met:

���� (a)�� a difference in price 
that is based solely on reasonable costs associated with providing the product 
or service to different consumers;

���� (b)�� a bona fide discount 
that is offered to any member of a broadly defined group including teachers, 
active duty personnel, veterans, senior citizens, or students; or

���� (c)�� a bona fide discount 
that is offered to any consumer who affirmatively and knowingly enrolls in a 
loyalty program.

���� (2)�� A retail food store or 
third-party gro