PRINTER'S NO. 3167
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2321
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY VENKAT, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, DONAHUE, STEELE,
SANCHEZ, HADDOCK, KINSEY, ROZZI, McNEILL, D. WILLIAMS, KHAN,
WARREN, KENYATTA AND PROBST, MAY 24, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
UTILITIES, MAY 24, 2024
AN ACT
1 Prohibiting a change or alteration of price for travel services;
2 and imposing penalties.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Travel Price
7 Integrity Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Travel service." A service that offers a form of
13 transportation to the public and makes the form of
14 transportation available for purchase on a publicly accessible
15 Internet website or application.
16 Section 3. Prohibition on change or alteration of price for
17 travel services.
 1 An owner or operator of a travel service may not change or
2 alter the price for the travel service while a consumer is
3 viewing or making a purchase for the travel service on a
4 publicly accessible Internet website or application hosted by
5 the owner or operator for a period of no less than 30 minutes
6 from when the consumer first visits the publicly accessible
7 Internet website or application.
8 Section 4. Notice of change or alteration of price for travel
9 services.
10 An owner or operator of a travel service shall notify a
11 consumer viewing or making a purchase for the travel service on
12 a publicly accessible Internet website or application hosted by
13 the owner or operator of a change or alteration of the price
14 for the travel service during a period of no less than five
15 minutes prior to the expiration of the 30-minute time period
16 specified under section 3.
17 Section 5. Penalties.
18 A violation of this act shall be deemed to be an unfair
19 method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice
20 under the act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387), known as
21 the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.
22 Section 6. Effective date.
23 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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