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S3516Referred to Committee

Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-12-17
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
Democrat · CT · Senator
Votes with party: 86.0% (880 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001277

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (0)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

2025-12-17

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReferred To · 2025-12-17

Previously

  • Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeReferred To · 2025-12-17

Plain-English Summary

Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2025 This bill makes it unlawful to use tools such as bots to circumvent a website's security or control measures related to purchasing limits or inventory management. Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful to circumvent a security measure, access control system, or other technological control or measure that a website or online service uses to enforce posted purchasing limits or manage inventory. The bill also prohibits the sale of certain products or services obtained through such a violation. The bill provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general or other authorized state officers.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Commerce
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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