Romance Scam Prevention Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-03-31
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Romance Scam Prevention Act” Read the full text
Commerce
What it does
Romance Scam Prevention Act This bill requires online dating service providers (i.e., mobile applications or websites) to provide users with a fraud ban notification if the user has established an account with the service and received a message through the service from a banned user of the service. The fraud ban notification must include (1) the username or other profile identifier of the banned user and the most recent time when the user who is receiving the notification sent or received a message through the service to or from the banned user, (2) a statement that the banned user may have be
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-03-31
In the House.
Passed the House · 2025-06-23
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textread it on this site, version pcs (Placed on Calendar Senate), as published by GovInfo
officialCongressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO
officialThe on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
10
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
GEN DIGITAL INC (FORMERLY NORTONLIFELOCK INC.)via GEN DIGITAL INC
3 filingsBUMBLE TRADING LLCvia AVOQ, LLC
2 filingsASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ADVERTISERSvia LAW OFFICES OF KEVIN G. CURTIN
1 filingMATCH GROUP, LLCvia MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC
1 filingFrom 7 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 438. (2026-06-17).