SAFE SEX Workers Study Act
Latest action · Dec 18, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 17, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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 to study the impacts of the reduction in access to client-screening, information-sharing, and harm-reduction websites resulting from the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 on individuals engaged in adult, consensual sex work.
The study must utilize community-based nonprofits to conduct surveys and interviews of sex workers to collect information about (1) experiences of violence from clients; (2) interactions with law enforcement; (3) experiences with exploitation; and (4) the impact on housing stability and mental health, among other effects.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 17, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Dec 17, 2019 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Dec 17, 2019 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Dec 17, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Dec 17, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 17, 2019 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Dec 17, 2019 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Dec 17, 2019 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Dec 17, 2019 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Dec 17, 2019 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jan 10, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Jan 21, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 5, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Mar 5, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 17, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 18, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 17, 2019Introduced in House
- Dec 17, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 204, December 17, 2019, page H10609.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3165 | SAFE SEX Workers Study Act | Related bill | Jan 8, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study to assess the unintended impacts on the health and safety of people engaged in transactional sex, in connection with the enactment of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-164) and the loss of interactive computer services that host information related to sexual exchange, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SAFE SEX Workers Study Act
- SESTA/FOSTA Examination of Secondary Effects for Sex Workers Study Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- HIV/AIDS
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Human trafficking
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Mental health
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Rural conditions and development
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Violent crime
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
