The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to report S.1829, the Stop CSAM Act, to the Senate floor after adopting a manager's amendment, moving the measure aimed at strengthening protections for children online out of committee.

Supporters said the bill builds on the Take It Down Act and would expand reporting, transparency and legal remedies to allow victims and parents to hold social media companies accountable for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Senator Durbin, the committee's ranking member, stressed the human toll, saying the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has identified more than 30,000 victims over the past two decades and cited FBI testimony linking sextortion to several youth suicides in 2022.

Committee members said the measure creates new transparency obligations for large platforms and would enable independent researchers to better evaluate platform practices. Senator Klobuchar and other supporters described the bill as a bipartisan response to testimony from victims and parents at prior hearings. The legislation was paired in the discussion with calls to expand the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act’s independent-verification provisions; supporters said the Stop CSAM Act's manager's amendment incorporates fixes that sponsors negotiated in committee.

During debate the committee agreed to adopt a manager's amendment by voice vote and then proceeded to a roll-call for final passage. A committee tally announced during the markup put the ayes at 22; the clerk reported that the bill, having received a majority, would be reported to the Senate floor.

The measure's provisions cited in committee debate included enhanced restitution for child victims, new transparency and reporting requirements for platforms and expanded private civil remedies for victims and parents. Sponsors said the bill builds on the Take It Down Act — which criminalizes distribution of nonconsensual images and requires platforms to remove such images within 48 hours — and aims to give courts clearer authority to hear suits against platforms that know or should have known that abusive images were being distributed.

Committee supporters said passage out of committee is the next step toward floor consideration; no floor schedule was announced during the session.