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H.R. 5448: SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

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H.R. 5448: SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-12-17 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-12-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

Plain 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.

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Official text

SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] · 19 cosponsors

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Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), André Carson (D-IN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] reported raising $15.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr5448 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116