Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026

This bill would bar retail food stores from selling items at a "grossly excessive price," with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) defining that term and issuing guidelines within 180 days. Stores could defend a price increase by showing it came from outside costs they could not control. The bill would also bar stores from setting individual prices based on a shopper's personal information, require signs at store entrances when facial recognition is used, and ban electronic shelf labels in stores larger than 10,000 square feet. The FTC, state attorneys general, and individual consumers could enforce the law, with damages of at least $3,000 per violation, and $5,000,000 would be authorized to carry it out.

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Sponsors

• Ben Ray Luján Democrat sponsor
• 10 cosponsors