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SB-259 • 2026

Fair Online Pricing Act.

Fair Online Pricing Act.

Privacy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Wahab
Last action
2025-09-12
Official status
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement or compliance by businesses, leaving some uncertainty in how the act will be implemented and followed.

Fair Online Pricing Act

This act prohibits businesses from using specific information about a person's apps and other data from their online devices to set prices for products and services.

What This Bill Does

  • It makes it illegal for companies to use certain types of data from your phone or computer when they decide how much to charge you for things.
  • Companies cannot look at what apps you have on your device to change the price you see.
  • The act does not apply if there are special reasons, like following a law or protecting someone's privacy.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who buy things online using devices like phones and computers.
  • Companies that sell products or services to consumers through the internet.

Terms To Know

Online device
A phone, computer, tablet, or any other gadget you use to connect to the internet.
Input data
Information that a company uses to make decisions about prices for products and services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act does not cover all types of pricing strategies or all kinds of businesses.
  • It is unclear how strictly companies will follow these rules once the law goes into effect.

Bill History

  1. 2025-09-12 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.

  2. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to third reading.

  3. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended.

  4. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 20. Page 3128.)

  5. 2025-09-05 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to third reading.

  6. 2025-09-05 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended.

  7. 2025-07-17 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-07-16 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 15).

  9. 2025-07-10 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  10. 2025-07-02 California Legislative Information

    July 8 hearing postponed by committee.

  11. 2025-06-25 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  12. 2025-06-19 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

  13. 2025-06-13 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

  14. 2025-06-05 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.

  15. 2025-05-28 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  16. 2025-05-28 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 1295.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  17. 2025-04-24 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  18. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 833.) (April 22).

  19. 2025-04-08 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  20. 2025-04-04 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 22.

  21. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  22. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  23. 2025-02-14 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

  24. 2025-02-04 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.

  25. 2025-02-03 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 259, as amended, Wahab.
Fair Online Pricing Act.
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 grants to a consumer various rights with respect to personal information, as defined, that is collected by a business, as defined, including the right to request that a business delete personal information about the consumer that the business has collected from the consumer and to direct a business that sells or shares personal information about the consumer to third parties not to sell or share the consumer’s personal information.
This bill, the Fair Online Pricing Act, would, subject to specified exceptions, prohibit a price offered to a consumer through the consumer’s online device, as defined, from being generated in whole, or in part, based on any of certain input data, including the presence or absence of any software on the online device.

Current Bill Text

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