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Consumer Protection and Labor and Employment - Electronic Shelving Labels and Surveillance-Based Price and Wage Setting - Prohibitions

Sponsor: Clarence K. Lam (District 12)Committee: FinanceSubject: Commercial Law - Consumer ProtectionStatus: Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a person from engaging in surveillance-based price setting to set the price of consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer from using electronic shelving labels to display the prices of consumer goods, and instead requiring the use of nondigital presentations of price; making a certain violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; and prohibiting an employer from engaging in surveillance-based wage setting.

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Testimony (20)

MGA witness list
FAV 9FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 10Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWhite, MarcelinelobbyistEconomic Action MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVReid, Emma L.Law Office of E. L. Reid, Esq.Position only
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionPosition only
FAVBobo, ElizabethlobbyistMaryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIOOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMock, KaylalobbyistUFCW 400Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVEspinosa, JeremyUnited Food & Commercial Workers International UnionOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Lam, Senator LamlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSt Louis, JaneIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFWadsworth, AdamAssociation of National AdvertisersWritten (PDF)
UNFJanuary, BriannalobbyistChamber of ProgressOral + Written (PDF)
UNFCastro, DanielInformation Technology & Innovation FoundationWritten (PDF)
UNFWiggins, GrasonlobbyistMaryland Chamber of CommerceWritten (PDF)
UNFRohrer, AmyMaryland Hotel Lodging AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFlocklair, caileylobbyistMaryland Retailers AssociationOral
UNFGardner, LáVitaIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
UNFVetter, DrewIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFdurkin, margaretlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAAbrams, HannaIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVWhite, MarcelineEconomic Action MarylandRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition DBA Economic Action Maryland; Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition
FAVBobo, ElizabethMaryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIORegistered for: Maryland State and D.C. AFL-CIO
FAVMock, KaylaUFCW 400Registered for: United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 400
UNFJanuary, BriannaChamber of ProgressRegistered for: Chamber of Progress
UNFWiggins, GrasonMaryland Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Maryland Chamber of Commerce; United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.; Madison Marquette Property Investments LLC; Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; Family Tree, The; OVG Facilities
UNFlocklair, caileyMaryland Retailers AssociationRegistered for: HPSO Investments LLC, T/A Riverboat on the Potomac; Maryland Retailers Alliance; Maryland Retailers Association
UNFdurkin, margaretRegistered for: TechNet