S 3516 · 119th Congress

Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2025

This bill makes it illegal to use bots or other tricks to get around the security systems that online retailers put in place to prevent people from buying up all the limited inventory of popular products. Think of it like this: when a store limits customers to buying only two items during a sale, this law prevents s…

Sponsor

Blumenthal, Richard (D-Connecticut)

Introduced

2025-12-17

Policy area

Commerce

Latest action

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