HR4528Referred to Committee
Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-07-17
Introduced
16
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Janice D. Schakowsky
Democrat · IL · Representative
Votes with party: 98.2% (569 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/S001145
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (16)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Angie Craig (D-MN-2)Original· 2025-07-17
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17)Original· 2025-07-17
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)Original· 2025-07-17
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4)Original· 2025-07-17
- Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12)Original· 2025-07-17
- Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2)Original· 2025-07-17
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5)Original· 2025-07-17
- Paul Tonko (D-NY-20)Original· 2025-07-17
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7)Original· 2025-07-17
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)Original· 2025-07-17
- Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)Original· 2025-07-17
- Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3)Original· 2025-07-17
- Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4)· 2025-12-18
- Greg Casar (D-TX-35)· 2026-02-23
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5)· 2026-02-23
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 →
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.
2025-07-17
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on Financial ServicesReferred To · 2025-07-17
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-07-17
Plain-English Summary
The bill would establish federal rules to prevent companies from dramatically raising prices on essential goods and services during emergencies or disasters. It would give the government authority to investigate and penalize businesses that engage in price gouging, protecting consumers from unfair price spikes when they're most vulnerable. The measure affects retailers, suppliers, and other businesses that sell necessities like food, fuel, and medicine.
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Subjects
Commerce
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