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Romance Scam Prevention Act

Introduced: March 4, 2025 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 2, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 145.
Sep 2, 2025
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.
Mar 12, 2025
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 4, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 been using a false identity or attempting to defraud other users, (3) a statement that the user should not send cash (or another form of currency) or personal financial information to another user, (4) information about avoiding online fraud (e.g., a link to another website or a disclosure) and (5) contact information for the provider's customer service department.

The bill provides for enforcement of these requirements by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.  

What's happening now September 2, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 145.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1