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HR 6732 · in committee · significant

Coercion and Sexual Abuse Free Environment Act

What this bill does

  • Creates new federal crimes for compelling minors to engage in animal cruelty, self-harm, obscene speech, sexual conduct, or degrading acts.
  • Applies to anyone who coerces a minor, with enhanced penalties if the minor offender is at least 13 and meets certain criteria.
  • Violations are punishable by fines and prison time; eligible minors may be prosecuted as adults in federal court.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would federal prosecutors distinguish between coercion and a minor's autonomous choice to engage in these behaviors, and what safeguards would protect minors from overreach?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports creating separate federal crimes for these coercive acts rather than prosecuting under existing state laws and federal statutes?

  3. 03

    How might the provision allowing minors aged 13+ to be tried as adults in federal court affect juvenile rehabilitation versus punishment outcomes?

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Sponsor · R-AZ-5

Andy Biggs

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Introduced 2026-01-13

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-01-13 · senate · IntroReferral

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

  2. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

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

  3. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H632)

  4. 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 H632)

  5. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6732.

  6. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H632-634)

  7. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    Mr. Biggs (AZ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. 2025-12-18 · house · Committee

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

  9. 2025-12-18 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  10. 2025-12-16 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  11. 2025-12-16 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  12. 2025-12-16 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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