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HR 6719 · introduced · significant

James T. Woods Act

What this bill does

  • Creates federal crimes for threatening to share explicit images of minors to coerce them into creating sexual content.
  • Applies to anyone who commits sextortion against minors or people believed to be minors.
  • Adds criminal penalties including fines and imprisonment; enforcement through federal prosecution.

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  1. 01

    How would federal prosecutors distinguish between sextortion threats targeting actual minors versus those targeting adults who are misrepresented as minors online?

  2. 02

    What evidence or cases prompted Congress to create this as a separate federal crime rather than prosecuting under existing extortion and child exploitation statutes?

  3. 03

    How might this law affect online platforms' content moderation practices, and should platforms face any liability for failing to detect sextortion attempts?

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Sponsor · R-FL-15

Laurel M. Lee

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Introduced 2026-03-02

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-03-02 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 346.

  2. 2026-03-02 · senate · Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  3. 2026-03-02 · Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  4. 2026-02-26 · senate · Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  5. 2026-01-13 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  6. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  7. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H628)

  8. 2026-01-12 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H628)

  9. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6719.

  10. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H628-630)

  11. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    Ms. Lee (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  12. 2025-12-18 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.

  13. 2025-12-18 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  14. 2025-12-15 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  15. 2025-12-15 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  16. 2025-12-15 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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