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Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2025
A bill to prohibit the circumvention of control measures used by internet retailers to ensure equitable consumer access to products, and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Dec 17, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Dec 17, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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