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S. 1693: Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017

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S. 1693: Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-08-01 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-08-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017

Plain summary

Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to specify that communications decency provisions protecting providers from liability for the private blocking or screening of offensive material shall not be construed to impair or limit civil action or criminal prosecution under state or federal criminal or civil laws relating to sex trafficking of children or sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. (Sec. 4) The bill amends the federal criminal code to specify that the violation for benefiting from "participation in a venture" engaged in sex trafficking of children, or sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, includes knowingly assisting, supporting, or facilitating the violation. (Sec. 5) The bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a state attorney general to bring a civil action in U.S. district court on behalf of the state's residents if the attorney general believes an interest of the residents has been or is threatened or adversely affected by any person who knowingly participates in the sex trafficking of children or sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion.

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Official text

Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · 70 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1693, Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 (2018-01-10)

Cosponsors on this site

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Cornyn (R-TX), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), John Hoeven (R-ND), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), John Kennedy (R-LA), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Tim Scott (R-SC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), John Barrasso (R-WY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), John Thune (R-SD), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Mike Rounds (R-SD), John Boozman (R-AR) and 10 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-s1693 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115