New York S 8483: Prohibits online retailers from basing prices on certain criteria

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S08483 Summary:

BILL NOS08483C

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SAME ASSAME AS A09348-A

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SPONSORRYAN C

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §219, Gen Bus L

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Prohibits online retailers from basing reference prices on the hardware, software, or geolocation of an online device.

Go to top S08483 Actions:

BILL NOS08483C

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08/20/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

02/12/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

02/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 8483A

05/06/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

05/06/2026PRINT NUMBER 8483B

05/08/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

05/08/2026PRINT NUMBER 8483C

05/12/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1007

05/12/2026PASSED SENATE

05/12/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/12/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8483--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 August 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Internet and Technology in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
 online retailers from basing prices on certain criteria

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 219 to read as follows:
 3 § 219. Online retailer pricing. 1. For the purposes of this section,
 4 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Bona fide discount" means a genuine reduction in price that is
 6 referred to as such to consumers. Entities may reasonably interpret the
 7 term "bona fide discount" to mean a genuine reduction from a contempora-
 8 neous or recent reference price that is established absent of deceptive,
 9 abusive and unfair practices as required by section three hundred
 10 forty-nine of this chapter and 16 CFR 233.
 11 (b) "Consumer price" means the reference price with adjustments based
 12 on bona fide discounts, including sales, coupons, promotions or other
 13 discounts.
 14 (c) "Reference price" means the actual amount a consumer must pay for
 15 any good or service, including mandatory fees or charges necessary to
 16 receive such good or service except taxes or fees imposed by a govern-
 17 ment, that is openly and actively offered to the public in the regular
 18 course of business for a reasonably substantial and recent period in
 19 time.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13624-07-6

 S. 8483--C 2

 1 (d) "Hardware state" shall mean the condition or mode of existence of
 2 a system, component, or simulation, including, but not limited to,
 3 battery life, number of wireless connections detected, and age of the
 4 device, data that is erased when an online device is restarted or
 5 powered down, and data that is retained when an online device is
 6 restarted or powered down.
 7 (e) "Online device" shall mean a physical object that has built-in
 8 resources that allow it to communicate through the internet or a short-
 9 range wireless technology and react to interface conditions, including,
 10 but not limited to, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a tablet, a
 11 smartphone, or other smart hardware.
 12 (f) "Personal data" means any data that identifies or could reasonably
 13 be linked, directly or indirectly, with a specific consumer or device.
 14 2. (a) A reference price offered to a consumer through such consumer's
 15 online device shall not be generated by any online retailer or retail
 16 mercantile establ