Romance Scam Prevention Act
Latest action · Sep 2, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 145.
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.
- IntroducedMar 4, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Romance Scam Prevention Act
This bill requires online dating service providers (i.e., mobile applications or websites) to provide users with a fraud ban notification if the user has established an account with the service and received a message through the service from a banned user of the service.
The fraud ban notification must include (1) the username or other profile identifier of the banned user and the most recent time when the user who is receiving the notification sent or received a message through the service to or from the banned user, (2) a statement that the banned user may have been using a false identity or attempting to defraud other users, (3) a statement that the user should not send cash (or another form of currency) or personal financial information to another user, (4) information about avoiding online fraud (e.g., a link to another website or a disclosure) and (5) contact information for the provider's customer service department.
The bill provides for enforcement of these requirements by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 4, 2025 to Dec 15, 2025, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Original | Mar 4, 2025 |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Dec 4, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Dec 15, 2025 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 2, 2025Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-58.
- Sep 2, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 145.
- Mar 12, 2025Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 4, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Mar 4, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2481 | Romance Scam Prevention Act | Identical bill | Oct 20, 2026 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 2, 2025Reported to Senate
- Mar 4, 2025Introduced in Senate
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