H.R. 6719 · 119th Congress

James T. Woods Act

Introduced on Dec 15, 2025 by Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15). 2 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 2, 2026): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 346.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Dec 15, 2025
Cosponsors
2
1 from the other party
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To prohibit threats to a minor, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Crimes against children
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Pornography
  • Sex offenses

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to Senate, Mar 2, 2026). Public domain.

James T. Woods Act

This bill expands the federal framework for combating the online exploitation of children. Among its provisions, the bill establishes new criminal offenses, expands reporting requirements, and facilitates the prosecution and sentencing of offenders.

TITLE I—SAFE ACT

Sentencing Accountability For Exploitation Act or the SAFE Act

This title directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend its guidelines and policy statements applicable to federal criminal offenses involving the production, receipt, transport, shipment, or distribution of child sexual abuse material to (1) account for the actual and potential harm from the offense and changes since the last amendments with respect to the typical offense behavior and modern technologies, and (2) better reflect the spectrum of offender culpability.

TITLE II—ENDING COERCION OF CHILDREN AND HARM ONLINE

Ending Coercion of Children and Harm Online Act or the ECCHO Act

This title establishes a federal framework to combat the online coercion of minors to commit harm. The title creates new criminal offenses, expands reporting of instances involving the online coercion of minors, facilitates the prosecution of offenders, and expands protections for minors who testify in court.

TITLE III—STOP SEXTORTION

Stop Sextortion Act

This title 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 title 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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Laurel M. LeeR-FL-15Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Dec 15, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Dec 15, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  4. Dec 18, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Dec 18, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
  6. Jan 12, 2026 · HouseMs. Lee (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  7. Jan 12, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H628-630)
  8. Jan 12, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6719.
  9. Jan 12, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H628)
  10. Jan 12, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H628)
  11. Jan 12, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  12. Jan 13, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  13. Feb 26, 2026 · SenateCommittee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  14. Mar 2, 2026Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  15. Mar 2, 2026 · SenateCommittee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  16. Mar 2, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 346.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. The Sentencing Project2 reports
    $31.5K reported (all issues)
  2. BYTEDANCE INC.1 report
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  3. Google Client Services LLC1 report
    $3.6M reported (all issues)
  4. INTERNET WORKS1 report
    $45K reported (all issues)
  5. Snap Inc.1 report
    $240K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.