Child Online Safety Modernization Act of 2023
The Child Online Safety Modernization Act of 2023 updates federal law to replace "child pornography" with "child sexual abuse material" across numerous statutes and legal definitions. It modernizes the CyberTipline reporting system to better identify and locate minors involved in cases of child sexual abuse material. The bill makes technical amendments to ensure consistent terminology in legal proceedings related to online child exploitation. These changes aim to improve law enforcement effectiveness in addressing online child sexual exploitation while maintaining legal clarity.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Aug 8, 2023
Last action Aug 8, 2023
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Committee
1
Aug 8, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Aug 8, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 33 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ann Wagner
RRepublican
Co
Barry Moore
RRepublican
Co
Ben Cline
RRepublican
Co
Blake D. Moore
RRepublican
Co
Burgess Owens
RRepublican
Co
Byron Donalds
RRepublican
Co
Chris Pappas
DDemocratic
Co
David G. Valadao
RRepublican
Co
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
DDemocratic
Co
Don Bacon
RRepublican
Co
Donald G. Davis
DDemocratic
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