Pennsylvania 2025_0 Regular Session Status: In Committee 18 D cosponsors

HB 2806 — An Act amending the act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, further providing for definitions.

Last action — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, Sept. 28, 2026

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced September 28, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

In plain language

The bill prohibits using AI to manipulate fuel prices.

This bill amends Pennsylvania's Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law to ban the use of artificial intelligence for manipulating fuel prices. It aims to prevent unfair market practices in the pricing of gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and propane.

What this means for you
  • Consumers: This means consumers may benefit from more stable and fair fuel pricing practices.

Summary

Prohibiting the Use of AI in Adjusting Gas Prices

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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This bill adds definitions related to artificial intelligence and specifies that manipulating prices with AI constitutes unfair competition.

  • Section 2(4)

    (xx.1) Using artificial intelligence or other technologies to manipulate prices of gasoline, diesel, kerosene or propane, coordinating pricing with other sellers or other methods of market manipulation.

    The bill explicitly defines using AI for price manipulation as an unfair method of competition.

  • Section 2

    (14) "Artificial intelligence" means the following: (i) A machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments, including the ability to: (A) perceive real and virtual environments; (B) abstract perceptions made under this clause into models through analysis in an automated manner; and (C) use model inference to formulate options for information or action based on outcomes under subclauses (A) and (B). (ii) The term includes generative artificial intelligence.

    The bill introduces a formal definition of artificial intelligence.

  • Section 2

    (15) "Generative artificial intelligence" means the class of models that emulate the structure and characteristics of input data in order to generate derived synthetic content, including information such as images, video, audio clips or text, that has been significantly modified or generated by algorithms, including artificial intelligence.

    The bill adds a definition for generative artificial intelligence.

Action History

  1. Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, Sept. 28, 2026

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 235 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (17)

Not signed on (235)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2806 do?
Prohibiting the Use of AI in Adjusting Gas Prices
Who sponsors HB 2806?
HB 2806 is sponsored by Joe Ciresi (Democratic), Benjamin V. Sanchez (Democratic), Lisa A. Borowski (Democratic), Steve Samuelson (Democratic), Carol Hill-Evans (Democratic), Darisha K. Parker (Democratic), Daniel J. Deasy (Democratic), Joseph C. Hohenstein (Democratic), Mandy Steele (Democratic), Kyle Donahue (Democratic), Tarik Khan (Democratic), Chris Pielli (Democratic), Ben Waxman (Democratic), Maureen E. Madden (Democratic), Tarah Probst (Democratic), Liz Hanbidge (Democratic), G. Roni Green (Democratic), and Melissa L. Shusterman (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 2806?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced September 28, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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