# 119-hr-4640: Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act of 2025

119-hr-4640, Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4640
- Congress: 119
- Title: Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 43
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-30

## Summary

**This bill would ban surveillance-based price and wage setting.** It would require companies to disclose how automated decision systems use surveillance data, set data-accuracy safeguards, allow narrow, disclosed discounts, and create enforcement paths for the FTC, states, and private plaintiffs. - Families and consumers: Companies could not set individualized prices using surveillance data. Narrow exceptions permit cost-based differences, broadly defined group discounts (teachers, veterans, seniors, students), and opt-in loyalty discounts that must be disclosed and not used for profiling. - Workers: Employers would be barred from using surveillance data to set or inform wages under aligned wage definitions, with a separate but coordinated enforcement scheme for wage rules. - Businesses and platforms: Firms must publish procedures at least 180 days before using these systems, including how they ensure data accuracy and let consumers challenge or correct data. - Enforcement and remedies: The Federal Trade Commission may enforce the ban, states can seek injunctions and damages, and private plaintiffs may recover the greater of actual damages or $3,000 per violation, with a five-year enforcement window and trebled damages for willful violations.

## Cosponsors (43)

- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2026-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] (D-NY), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Right to sue over AI pricing and pay: benefit, high. If enacted, you could sue in state or federal court if harmed by AI-based pricing or pay practices. For each violation, you could get your actual loss or $3,000, whichever is larger. If the court finds willful conduct, it could raise awards up to 3 times. Prevailing plaintiffs would get costs and a…
- Ban on AI-based personalized prices: benefit, medium. If enacted, businesses would be barred from using surveillance data or automated systems to set your price. Limited exceptions would allow cost-based differences, public group discounts, and opt-in loyalty programs. Any discount must be clearly disclosed, offered to all who qualify, and use data on…
- Ban on AI-based pay setting: benefit, medium. If enacted, employers would be barred from using surveillance data or automated systems to set your pay. A safe harbor would apply only if the system uses city or state data and local cost of living. Employers would need to post procedures at least 180 days before use, ensure data accuracy, say whi…
- Stronger enforcement on AI pricing and pay: benefit, medium. If enacted, the FTC would treat violations as unfair or deceptive and could enforce them, including against common carriers and some nonprofits. State attorneys general could sue on behalf of residents for injunctions, restitution, penalties, and per-violation payments equal to actual damages or $3…
- Defines AI, data, and wages: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would define what counts as an automated decision system, personal information, and surveillance data. It would also define surveillance-based wage setting and what counts as wages, like hourly pay, salary, bonuses, and scheduling. These definitions would guide who is covered b…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
- 119-hr-12: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-4640 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4640)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
- [119-hr-12: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-12)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4640 (as of 2026-09-30).