Contact Congress about H.R. 4966: Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2025

Grocery stores could face new limits on very high prices and on using personal data to set prices. Large stores would have to stop using digital shelf labels, and shoppers could sue over violations.

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Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2025 is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Latest action on H.R. 4966: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects grocery shoppers first, especially people worried about food prices, privacy, and hidden price changes in stores. It also directly affects large grocery chains, stores that use pricing technology or facial recognition, and state officials who enforce consumer protection laws. Smaller stores may still face the pricing and data rules, but the ban on digital shelf labels applies only to physical stores over 10,000 square feet.

Why this matters: Food prices affect almost everyone, so new rules on grocery pricing could have a broad real-world effect. This bill could change how stores raise prices, run discount programs, use surveillance tools, and display prices in stores. It also matters because enforcement would not depend on the FTC alone. States and individual shoppers could bring cases too. The final impact would depend a lot on how the FTC writes the rules and how courts apply them.

Key provisions in H.R. 4966

• The FTC would have 180 days to write the core rules. Those rules must define a market, an excessive price, and a grossly excessive price.
• The FTC could use a 120% benchmark when setting the rule. That means a price at or above 120% of the item's average price in the same market over the last six months, or a lower percentage if the FTC decides that fits better.
• A store could defend itself if the higher price came straight from higher costs it could not control. That includes higher costs to get, move, or provide the item.
• Stores could not use surveillance data to set custom prices for people or groups. The ban covers personal information collected through tracking tools.
• The bill allows only limited discount exceptions. A store could offer the same discount to everyone who meets clear public rules, such as age, job, military service, or student status.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 4966

What is H.R. 4966?

Grocery stores could face new limits on very high prices and on using personal data to set prices. Large stores would have to stop using digital shelf labels, and shoppers could sue over violations.

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