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S. 1829119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
STOP CSAM Act of 2025
Sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) · 29 active : 15 Republicans, 13 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 106.
Where it standsBefore the Senate3 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govStrengthening Transparency and Obligations to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2025 or the STOP CSAM Act of 2025
This bill revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online child sexual exploitation to expand protections for victims, expand requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers), and expand related penalties and remedies.
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The bill extends protections for child victims and witnesses who testify in federal court (e.g., privacy protections) to child victims and witnesses of kidnapping offenses and to child victims and witnesses who were under 18 years of age at the time of the crime, even if they are 18 or older at the time of court proceedings.
Additionally, the bill establishes statutory procedures for courts to appoint a trustee to hold restitution payments for certain victims (e.g., minor victims) of offenses involving human trafficking, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse material, illegal sexual activity and related crimes, or crimes of violence.
The bill requires providers to report online child sexual exploitation to the CyberTipline (i.e., the national reporting system for online child sexual exploitation) within 60 days. Reports must include specified information, such as information about repeat offenders. The bill establishes criminal and civil penalties for providers who fail to comply with the requirements.
Finally, the bill prohibits providers from hosting or storing child pornography or knowingly facilitating the sexual exploitation of children and allows victims to pursue civil remedies.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Computers and information technology
- Crime victims
- Crimes against children
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Digital media
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Evidence and witnesses
- Federal district courts
- Government information and archives
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- Intergovernmental relations
- Internet, web applications, social media
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 3Swing 70–100
- 48Middle 30–70
- 49Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
29 activeShow all 29 cosponsors
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Tom Cotton
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
