SAFE Act has not moved since its introduction on Dec 9, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedDec 9, 2025
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Passed one chamber—
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 80 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
- Sponsor
- 19 of 426 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 1,112 words
- Latest action
- Dec 9, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th H.R. 6719 James T. Woods Act R · Passed one chamber
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]