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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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
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. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
TX • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4]
OR • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
PA • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
IL • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Ocasio-Cortez
NY • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
MA • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
NM • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Stansbury
NM • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
MN • D
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Gonzalez, V.
TX • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
CO • D
Sponsored 11/17/2025
McGovern
MA • D
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/28/2025
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Adams
NC • D
Sponsored 12/5/2025
Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
CT • D
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Cisneros
CA • D
Sponsored 12/12/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Trahan
MA • D
Sponsored 1/12/2026
Levin
CA • D
Sponsored 1/14/2026
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 1/22/2026
Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
GA • D
Sponsored 1/22/2026
Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
PA • D
Sponsored 1/23/2026
Swalwell
CA • D
Sponsored 1/23/2026
Rep. Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/10/2026
Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/10/2026
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 2/13/2026
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Elfreth
MD • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
MI • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Schrier
WA • D
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Norcross
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17]
IL • D
Sponsored 3/17/2026
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 3/18/2026
Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
NV • D
Sponsored 3/19/2026
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
AZ • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Friedman
CA • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Crow
CO • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]
NJ • D
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Conaway
NJ • D
Sponsored 4/13/2026
Mannion
NY • D
Sponsored 4/14/2026
Bishop
GA • D
Sponsored 4/15/2026
Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2]
MD • D
Sponsored 4/16/2026
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 4/21/2026
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 4/21/2026
McClellan
VA • D
Sponsored 5/7/2026
Pingree
ME • D
Sponsored 5/11/2026
Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
VT • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 5/13/2026
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