Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2025
Latest action · Jul 17, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2025 to Sep 28, 2026; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Jul 22, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Aug 27, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Sep 28, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2025 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2025Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 2025Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 123, July 17, 2025, page H3477.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48916 | Retailer Inventory and Pricing Behavior During Supply Chain Disruptions | Report | May 11, 2026 |
| R47072 | Gasoline Price Increases: Federal and State Authority to Limit “Price Gouging” | Report | May 5, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2321 | Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Jul 17, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To make price gouging unlawful, to expand the ability of the Federal Trade Commission to seek permanent injunctions and equitable relief, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
