H.R.4966

Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2025

Introduced·8/12/25

Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2025 prohibits excessive pricing and surveillance-based price setting in retail food stores.

The Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2025 aims to prevent price gouging and surveillance-based price setting in retail food stores. It prohibits stores larger than 10,000 square feet from using electronic shelf labels and requires non-digital price presentations. The Act also bans surveillance-based price setting, which involves adjusting prices based on consumer personal information, including data collected through facial recognition technology. Exceptions are allowed if consumers voluntarily provide biometric data and stores meet specific conditions.

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History

Aug 12, 2025

House

Introduced in House

Aug 12, 2025

House

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.