Delaware · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026) · Bill
HB 453: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SURVEILLANCE BASED PRICING DISCRIMINATION.
Introduced Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
HB 453 is a bill introduced in the Delaware House on June 18, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SURVEILLANCE BASED PRICING DISCRIMINATION. Primary sponsor: Nnamdi Chukwuocha (Democratic), Spiros Mantzavinos (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 25, 2026): Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
This House Substitute for House Bill No. 453 prohibits surveillance-based price discrimination by forbidding the use of automated decision systems to set individualized consumer prices based on personal data, metadata, or proxy data, such as device identifiers and digital behavioral patterns, used to infer a consumer's socioeconomic status or urgency of purchase. While the Act establishes safe harbors for discounts based on lawful, objective criteria (e.g., military, student, or senior status), it ensures that rewards and loyalty programs are not used to circumvent these protections by requiring that such discounts remain uniform across membership and are not individualized through algorithmic profiling. This Substitute differs from the original bill by adding a definition of electronic shelving labels and provides language that protects loyalty programs. It also carves out financial services and credit to align with federal regulations, changes the language used for location-based data, discounts for service interruptions, removes the term “risk-relevant data”, and provides a safe harbor provision with an opportunity to cure and a sunset date. Finally, this Substitute also includes a severability clause and an effective date of January 1, 2027.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nnamdi Chukwuocha | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 1 |
| Spiros Mantzavinos | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 7 |
| Alonna Berry | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 20 |
| Larry Lambert | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 7 |
| Madinah Wilson-Anton | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 26 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
- Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
- was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 453