Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Education, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H4D7AF9AEA6C24AF497C1CFB98E5D4935: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026.
- Section HD3E15863DFCB45BFBAE088D5D8BD0010: 2. Prohibition on price gouging An operator of a retail food store may not sell or offer for sale an item at a grossly excessive price. An operator of a retail...
- Section H4397B96475824A97AD1F9DF36FB1F7BA: 3. Prohibition on surveillance-based price setting An operator of a retail food store may not engage in surveillance-based price setting, including by—...
- Section H4D9E040D76FA4498A050E4A85309A740: 4. Required disclosure of use of facial recognition technology A retail food store that uses facial recognition technology at such retail food store shall...
- Section H8E3207CBC1DA4F72B79D31A91C86A984: 5. Prohibition on electronic shelf labels An operator of a retail food store larger than 10,000 square feet— may not use an electronic shelf label or any...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.
Key Policy Areas
Technology, Education, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- technology companies and users of digital services
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- technology companies and users of digital services
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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