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Introduced
08/12/2025
08/12/2025
In Committee
08/12/2025
08/12/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
119th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL To prohibit retail food stores from price gouging and engaging in surveillance-based price setting practices, and for other purposes.
AI Summary
This bill aims to protect consumers from unfair pricing and surveillance practices in grocery stores by establishing several key protections. The legislation prohibits price gouging by preventing retail food stores from selling items at grossly excessive prices, with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) tasked with defining what constitutes an excessive price, potentially using a benchmark of 120% of the average price for an item over the previous six months. The bill also restricts surveillance-based price setting, preventing stores from adjusting prices based on consumers' personal information, including data collected through facial recognition technology. Stores are prohibited from using electronic shelf labels to change prices for individual consumers and must use non-digital price displays in stores larger than 10,000 square feet. Retailers must provide clear signage if they use facial recognition technology and obtain written consent for collecting biometric data. The bill allows for enforcement by the FTC, state attorneys general, and provides a private right of action for consumers, with potential penalties of actual damages or $3,000 per violation, and treble damages for willful violations. The legislation does not preempt state laws that provide additional consumer protections and includes provisions for biometric data use with strict transparency and consent requirements.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry
Sponsors (63)
Rashida Tlaib (D)*,
Alma Adams (D),
Yassamin Ansari (D),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Brendan Boyle (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Nikki Budzinski (D),
Salud Carbajal (D),
André Carson (D),
Greg Casar (D),
Gil Cisneros (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Joe Courtney (D),
Sharice Davids (D),
Madeleine Dean (D),
Rosa DeLauro (D),
Chris Deluzio (D),
Mark DeSaulnier (D),
Debbie Dingell (D),
Sarah Elfreth (D),
Dwight Evans (D),
Teresa Fernandez (D),
Lois Frankel (D),
Robert Garcia (D),
Sylvia Garcia (D),
Chuy García (D),
Vicente Gonzalez (D),
Adelita Grijalva (D),
Josh Harder (D),
Val Hoyle (D),
Pramila Jayapal (D),
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D),
Timothy Kennedy (D),
Summer Lee (D),
Mike Levin (D),
April McClain-Delaney (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
LaMonica McIver (D),
Jerry Nadler (D),
Donald Norcross (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),
Ilhan Omar (D),
Brittany Pettersen (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Ayanna Pressley (D),
Delia Ramirez (D),
Luz Rivas (D),
Raul Ruiz (D),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Kim Schrier (D),
Lateefah Simon (D),
Melanie Stansbury (D),
Haley Stevens (D),
Eric Swalwell (D),
Shri Thanedar (D),
Jill Tokuda (D),
Lori Trahan (D),
Derek Tran (D),
Juan Vargas (D),
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),
Nikema Williams (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (on 08/12/2025)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4966/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr4966/BILLS-119hr4966ih.pdf |
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