2020 -- S 2731 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- | |
GENDER-BASED PRICE DISCRIMINATION | |
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Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Lawson, DiPalma, Goldin, and Valverde | |
Date Introduced: March 04, 2020 | |
Referred To: Senate Commerce | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 6 of the General Laws entitled "COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL |
2 | REGULATORY PROVISIONS" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 58 |
4 | GENDER-BASED PRICE DISCRIMINATION |
5 | 6-58-1. Definitions. |
6 | As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings |
7 | unless otherwise stated: |
8 | (1) "Comparable price" means a pricing scheme between products with a difference not |
9 | exceeding ten cents ($0.10). |
10 | (2) "Gender-based" means the way products are marketed towards men or women with the |
11 | intention that said product is to be used exclusively by a man or a woman. |
12 | (3) "Hygiene products" means any razors used for shaving, shaving cream, shaving gel, |
13 | shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, bar soap, hair styling products, body lotion, hairbrushes, hair |
14 | combs, deodorant, or anti-perspirant. |
15 | (4) "Retail establishment" means any place of business within the state that operates |
16 | primarily to conduct the sale of goods. |
17 | (5) "Substantially similar" means a product with a similar build, ingredients, or size, |
18 | excluding differences of scent or color. |
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1 | 6-58-2. Gender-based price equality. |
2 | Retail establishments shall sell all substantially similar hygiene products from the same |
3 | manufacturer at a comparable price regardless of gender-based marketing schemes. |
4 | 6-58-3. Penalty for violations. |
5 | (a) Any retail establishment who willfully violates the provisions of ยง 6-58-2 shall pay a |
6 | fine up to five hundred dollars ($500) for a first offense. |
7 | (b) Each subsequent violation shall result in a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000). |
8 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- | |
GENDER-BASED PRICE DISCRIMINATION | |
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1 | This act would ban gender-based price discrimination on hygiene products by retail |
2 | establishments with a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500) for a first violation and one thousand |
3 | dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent violation. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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