S 841 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Romance Scam Prevention Act

This bill requires online dating platforms to notify users when they've interacted with a member who has been banned for potential fraud. The notification must clearly state the banned member's identifier, warn about possible false identities or scams, and provide safety tips - delivered via email/text within 24 hours (or up to 3 days for law enforcement reasons). Platforms are shielded from liability for how they deliver these alerts. The law prevents states from creating conflicting notification rules and empowers the FTC to enforce violations as deceptive practices. It directly affects dating app users and platforms by mandating proactive scam warnings.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
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Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Sep 2, 2025
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Sep 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-58.
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Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
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1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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