# 116-hr-5448: SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

116-hr-5448, SAFE SEX Workers Study Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5448
- Congress: 116
- Title: SAFE SEX Workers Study Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2019-12-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 19
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

## Cosponsors (19)

- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-01-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2020-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
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- 116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5448 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5448)

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