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119-hr-4966119th CongressWALLET

Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

Introduced

Summary

Ban on grossly excessive prices in retail food stores. This bill would prohibit selling or offering food items at a grossly excessive price and would limit surveillance-driven price changes that use consumers' personal data.

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  • Families and shoppers would get new protections against sudden price spikes. The bill lays out metrics for excess pricing and contemplates a threshold like 120 percent of the recent market average when defining "grossly excessive."
  • Retail food stores would face limits on using personal information to set or change prices. Stores could still give uniform discounts based on public criteria but could not use targeted surveillance or electronic shelf labels in stores over 10,000 square feet to alter prices.
  • Consumers and states gain enforcement tools. The Federal Trade Commission would enforce unfair practices, states may sue on behalf of residents, and consumers can seek damages of the greater of actual losses or $3,000 per violation with treble damages for willful violations.

*Would authorize $5.0 million for fiscal year 2025 to implement the law, increasing federal spending for its administration.*

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Your right to sue grocers

If a store breaks this law, you could sue in federal court. You could get your actual loss or $3,000 per violation, whichever is more, and three times that if the store acted knowingly or willfully. Courts would award your costs and reasonable attorney’s fees, and you would have up to 5 years from discovery to file. Pre‑dispute arbitration and class‑action waivers would not block these claims. State attorneys general could also sue for residents and seek injunctions and the same $3,000‑or‑actual damages per violation.

Ban on grocery price gouging

This bill would bar grocery stores from charging grossly excessive prices. The FTC would set rules within 180 days to define markets and what counts as excessive, possibly using 120% of the recent six‑month average. A store could defend a higher price if extra costs outside its control directly caused it. The FTC would enforce this ban.

Stronger privacy rules at grocery stores

Stores would be barred from changing prices based on your personal data, including facial recognition. Big stores over 10,000 square feet would have to use non‑digital shelf price tags; online sellers would not be covered. Group discounts or price differences tied only to real cost differences could still be offered if they are uniform, disclosed, and not used for targeted ads. If a store uses facial recognition, it would need a clear entrance sign stating the use and purpose. You could opt in to biometric ID checks only with written notice, a written release, and strict limits on sharing or selling the data. The bill would also define what counts as personal information, biometric data, and digital shelf labels.

Funding and stronger state consumer rules

The bill would authorize $5 million for FY2025 to carry out these rules, available through September 30, 2032. It would let states keep or pass stronger consumer protections unless a state rule directly conflicts with this Act.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

MI • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]

    OH • D

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    NV • D

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    TX • D

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    NY • D

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    NY • D

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    CA • D

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    GA • D

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    PA • D

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