United States · Bill · S
S. 3398 (116th)
EARN IT Act of 2020
Introduced
5 March 2020
Last action
20 July 2020 · Reported
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 491.
Sponsors
Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO], Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 or the EARN IT Act of 2020 This bill revises the framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children. Among other things, the bill does the following: establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention; directs the commission to develop best practices for interactive online services providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children; requires interactive online service providers to certify compliance with the best practices (or implement other reasonable practices to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children), or else they lose liability protections from claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws; and replaces statutory references to child pornography with child sexual abuse material .
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Timeline
5 March 2020
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
5 March 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
11 March 2020
Committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Source: Committee
2 July 2020
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
20 July 2020
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 491.
Source: Calendars
20 July 2020
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Graham with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Source: Committee
20 July 2020
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Graham with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Reported to Senate · 20 July 2020 · Download file
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Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to ← EARN IT Act of 2020
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3398
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/3398
- us · 116-s-3398 · source updated 10 August 2026