Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, price control provision: 2, adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Prohibition on surveillance-based price setting An operator of a retail food store may not engage in surveillance-based price setting, including by— adjusting, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 4. It relies on compliance mandates, appropriations, price controls, and exemptions. The main policy areas are Agriculture, Defense, Immigration, and Education.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, price control provision: 2.
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Prohibition on surveillance-based price setting An operator of a retail food store may not engage in surveillance-based price setting, including by— adjusting...
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 4.
- Expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, exemption provision: 6.
- Creates introduces a preemption provision: 7. Preemption of directly conflicting State laws Nothing in this Act may be construed to preempt, displace, or supplant any State law, except to the extent that a provision...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, price control provision: 2, adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Prohibition on surveillance-based price setting An operator of a retail food store may not engage in surveillance-based price setting, including by— adjusting, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 4.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Defense, Immigration, Education
Primary Purpose
The bill expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, price control provision: 2, adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Prohibition on surveillance-based price setting An operator of a retail food store may not engage in surveillance-based price setting, including by— adjusting, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 4.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Luján (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Rosen, Mrs. Gillibrand, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a specific and distinct product, good, or commodity available for sale. The term non-digital presentation of price means— a sign that offers the unit price for 1 or more brands or sizes of a given item
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