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SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

USA116th CongressS-3165| Senate 
| Updated: 1/8/2020
Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren

Democratic Senator

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (2)
Bernard Sanders (Independent)Ron Wyden (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Dec 18, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-5448
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Jan 8, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • December 18, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-5448
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • January 8, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 8, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-5448: SAFE SEX Workers Study Act
Congressional oversightCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHIV/AIDSHomelessness and emergency shelterHuman traffickingInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaMental healthRacial and ethnic relationsRural conditions and developmentSex and reproductive healthSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationSexually transmitted diseasesViolent crimeWorker safety and health

SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

USA116th CongressS-3165| Senate 
| Updated: 1/8/2020
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.
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Timeline
Dec 18, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-5448
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Jan 8, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • December 18, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-5448
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • January 8, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 8, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren

Democratic Senator

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (2)
Bernard Sanders (Independent)Ron Wyden (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-5448: SAFE SEX Workers Study Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHIV/AIDSHomelessness and emergency shelterHuman traffickingInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaMental healthRacial and ethnic relationsRural conditions and developmentSex and reproductive healthSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationSexually transmitted diseasesViolent crimeWorker safety and health