HB 2512 — An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in transportation network service, further providing for rates and forms of compensation.

PRINTER'S NO.   3399

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                             HOUSE BILL
                             No. 2512
                                                    Session of
                                                      2026

     INTRODUCED BY CARROLL, WAXMAN, HILL-EVANS, KRAJEWSKI, GUZMAN,
        RABB, RIVERA, HOHENSTEIN, SANCHEZ, HADDOCK, GREEN, CIRESI,
        KHAN AND FIEDLER, MAY 13, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
        UTILITIES, MAY 13, 2026


                                         AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in transportation network service,
 3      further providing for rates and forms of compensation.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.         Section 2607 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsections to read:
 8   § 2607.    Rates and forms of compensation.
 9      * * *
10      (g)    Prohibition on surveillance prices.--A transportation
11   network company may not charge a fare based on, in whole or in
12   part, any of the following input data:
13             (1)   The hardware or hardware state of an online device.
14             (2)   The presence or absence of software on the online
15      device.
16             (3)   Geolocation data of the online device, except:
17                   (i)    To the extent related to differences in the
 1            costs or demands associated with providing a good or
 2            service to different consumers.
 3                  (ii)    To determine a price based on the real-time or
 4            historical demand for the product or service in the
 5            consumer's vicinity, if the price is provided immediately
 6            upon request.
 7                  (iii)    To provide accurate pricing information based
 8            on price variances at different physical locations, due
 9            to legitimate cost or demand differentials or State or
10            local government taxes, duties or other fees.
11                  (iv)    To provide a consumer with a promotion or
12            discount that lowers the price from what the price would
13            otherwise have been.
14      (h)   Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
15   words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
16   subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
17      "Hardware state."       A condition or mode of existence of a
18   system, component or simulation, including:
19            (1)   The battery life, number of wireless connections
20      detected and age of the online device.
21            (2)   Data that is erased or retained when an online
22      device is restarted or powered down.
23      "Online device."       A physical object that has built-in
24   resources that allow it to communicate through the Internet or a
25   short-range wireless technology and react to interface
26   conditions, including a laptop computer, desktop computer,
27   tablet, smartphone or other smart hardware.
28      Section 2.     This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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