Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 23
- Latest action
- Jul 17, 2025
What it does
The Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2025 would make it unlawful to sell goods or services at grossly excessive prices, particularly during exceptional market shocks like natural disasters or public health emergencies, and would empower the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general to enforce this prohibition through civil actions, injunctions, and penalties. The bill applies to any person in the supply chain, with special scrutiny for entities earning over $1 billion in U.S. revenue or deemed to have unfair leverage, such as critical trading partners or dominant market players. It includes an affirmative defense for smaller businesses (under $100 million in revenue) if price…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Janice Schakowsky
- Adelita Grijalva
- Angie Craig
- Chris Deluzio
- Eleanor Norton
- Emily Randall
- Gregorio Casar
- Henry Johnson
- Ilhan Omar
- Jerrold Nadler
- Jonathan Jackson
- Judy Chu
- Maggie Goodlander
- Mary Scanlon
- Paul Tonko
- Pramila Jayapal
- Rashida Tlaib
- Ro Khanna
- Rosa DeLauro
- Sharice Davids
- Valerie Foushee
- Veronica Escobar
- Yassamin Ansari
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.