The zapper, phantomware, and sales suppression as a service (“SSaaS”) legislative landscape is ever-evolving. In the last five years, the number of states with some form anti-zapper legislation has risen to more than thirty. State zapper laws typically follow a definitional and scope template, but can vary. The below is a non-exhaustive list of the states with zapper legislation and the citation for same.

State

Citation

Alabama

Ala. Code § 40-29-121

Alaska

Arkansas

Ark. Code. Ann. § 5-37-101

Arizona

Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 42-1127

California

Cal. Rev & Tax Code §§ 7153.6, 55363.5

Colorado

Connecticut

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-428a

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Fla. Stat. Ann § 213.295

Georgia

Ga. Code Ann. § 16-9-62

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

35 Ill. Comp. Stat. 105/14

Indiana

Ind. Code § 35-43-5-4.6

Iowa

Kansas

Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5939 

Kentucky

Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 517.130

Louisiana

La. Rev. Stat. § 47:1641.1

Maine

Me. Stat. Tit. 17 § 909

Maryland

Massachusetts

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Michigan

Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.411w

Minnesota

Minn. Stat. § 289A.63

Mississippi

Miss. Code. Ann. § 97-23-111

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-118.7

North Dakota

N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-23-16

Ohio

Oklahoma

Okla. Stat. Ann. Tit. 68 § 212.1

Oregon

Pennsylvania

72 Pa. Cons. Stat § 7268

Rhode Island

R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-19-42

South Carolina

South Dakota

S.D. Codified Laws § 10-59-57

Tennessee

Tenn. Code. Ann. § 39-14-704

Texas

Texas Bus. & Com. Code Ann. § 326.002

Utah

Utah Code Ann § 76-6-1303

Vermont

Vt. Stat. Ann. Tit. 13 § 2032

Virginia

Va. Code Ann. §§ 58.1-1814, 58.1-3907

Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 82.32.670

West Virginia

W.Va. Code § 61-3-22a

Wisconsin

Wyoming 

Wyo. Stat. Ann § 39-15-108