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HR 6928 117th Congress House Health

SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

Introduced: March 3, 2022 Introduced by: Khanna, Ro Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 4, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 3, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 3, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

SESTA/FOSTA Examination of Secondary Effects for Sex Workers Study Act or the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to study the impacts of the reduction in access to certain websites and other interactive computer services resulting from the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 on individuals engaged in adult, consensual sex work.

Specifically, HHS must study the impacts of the reduction on the health and safety of individuals engaged in transactional sex while DOJ must study the impacts of the reduction on human trafficking investigations and prosecutions.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3758 Identical bill SAFE SEX Workers Study Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 9
D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 12, 2022
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Apr 28, 2022
Bush, Cori
· Mar 17, 2022
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Mar 15, 2022
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Mar 15, 2022
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 3, 2022
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 3, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 3, 2022
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Mar 3, 2022
 D
Stanton, Greg
Arizona · Mar 3, 2022
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Mar 3, 2022
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Mar 3, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6928: SAFE SEX Workers Study Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6928/
MLA
"H.R. 6928: SAFE SEX Workers Study Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6928/.
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H.R. 6928, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6928/.
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[H.R. 6928: SAFE SEX Workers Study Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6928/)
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