California Bill Would Ban Gender-Based Price Discrimination

Charging more for pink razors or other items marketed to women that are substantially like those targeted to men would become illegal under a bill the California Assembly unanimously passed Thursday.

A typical California woman pays about $2,381 a year more in a so-called “pink tax” for the same goods and services as a man, author Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D) said ahead of the floor vote on the bill (A.B. 1287). The figure is based on a 2020 California Senate Judiciary Committee report on a similar bill that didn’t pass.

“This arbitrarily penalizes women up to $47 ...