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S3394Referred to Committee

SAFE Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-12-09
Introduced
14
Cosponsors
S
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Type

Sponsor

Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
Republican · IA · Senator
Votes with party: 35.4% (322 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/G000386

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (14)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Lindsey Graham (R-SC)Original· 2025-12-09
  • Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)Original· 2025-12-09
  • Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)Original· 2025-12-09
  • Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)· 2025-12-17
  • Ashley Moody (R-FL)· 2026-02-11
  • Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)· 2026-02-11
  • John Fetterman (D-PA)· 2026-02-11
  • Ted Cruz (R-TX)· 2026-02-26
  • Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)· 2026-03-02
  • Mark Kelly (D-AZ)· 2026-03-04
  • Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)· 2026-03-09
  • Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)· 2026-04-15

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2025-12-09

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Previously

  • Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-12-09
  • Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-12-09

Plain-English Summary

Sentencing Accountability For Exploitation Act or the SAFE Act This bill directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend its guidelines and policy statements applicable to federal criminal offenses involving the production, receipt, transport, shipment, or distribution of child sexual abuse material to (1) account for the actual and potential harm from the offense and changes since the last amendments with respect to the typical offense behavior and modern technologies, and (2) better reflect the spectrum of offender culpability.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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