In one paragraph
Not law. Minnesota's HF 3408 would have added Minn. Stat. 325D.141 barring retail food stores from surveillance-based price setting, meaning customized prices based on personal information gathered through electronic surveillance technology such as cameras, device tracking, biometrics and facial recognition. Stores using facial recognition would post entrance signage, and larger stores' electronic shelf labels could change prices only once a day. It never left committee.
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What it means for business
None: the bill died, so it creates no obligations for grocery and other retail food stores in Minnesota.
Key provisions
- Would have added Minn. Stat. 325D.141; retail food store: a store offering food to the public, excluding online sales
- A retail food store could not offer or adjust a consumer's price on the same or similar product based on personal information, including facial recognition data, or use electronic shelf labels to do so
- Exceptions for cost-based differences and for publicly disclosed group discounts or loyalty-program rewards offered uniformly, with personal information used only to administer them
- Biometric data only if the consumer voluntarily verifies identity and gets written notice of purpose, term and law enforcement sharing, signs a release, and the store does not sell or share it
- Stores using facial recognition must post clear signage at the main entrance explaining its purpose and use
- Stores over 10,000 square feet: electronic shelf labels only if prices change once a day at a disclosed time, plus a nondigital price display
- The text sets no penalties, enforcer or effective date; companion SF 4199 (committee only)
- Introduced February 17, 2026 and referred to Commerce Finance and Policy; later actions only added authors (last April 23, 2026)
Latest legislative action
Apr 23, 2026. Author added Lee, K.; no further action before the 2025-2026 Legislature adjourned
Sponsors (showing 5 of 13)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Bennett | Primary |
| Bliss | Primary |
| Kotyza-Witthuhn | Primary |
| Loonan | Primary |
| Quam | Primary |
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