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S. 3398: Stop Sextortion Act

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S. 3398: Stop Sextortion Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-12-09 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2025-12-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.

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Official title

Stop Sextortion Act

Plain summary

Stop Sextortion Act This bill criminalizes threats to distribute child sexual abuse material to intimidate, coerce, extort, or cause substantial emotional distress. This practice is commonly referred to as sextortion . The bill also increases criminal penalties for related offenses that involve the use of child sexual abuse material to intimidate, coerce, extort, or cause substantial emotional distress. Specifically, the bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for threatening to distribute child pornography or a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct with intent to intimidate, coerce, extort, or cause substantial emotional distress. An offense, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit the offense, is subject to criminal penalties. Additionally, the bill increases the maximum prison term for various offenses involving the sexual exploitation of children if those offenses involve the use of child pornography or a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct with intent to intimidate, coerce, extort, or cause substantial emotional distress.

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Official text

Stop Sextortion Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · 18 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Cornyn (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ashley Moody (R-FL), John Kennedy (R-LA), Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Jacky Rosen (D-NV)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] reported raising $527,998 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong119-s3398 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills