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S. 1539 (115th)

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

12 July 2017

Last action

20 March 2018 · Committee

Status

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

Sponsors

Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]

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Summary

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to: state that the term "intimate partner" includes a dating partner and any other person subject to a protection order under state domestic or family violence law; and expand the term "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" to include the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, by a current or former intimate partner. The bill makes it a crime to knowingly sell or dispose of a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking. It also makes it a crime for such convicted stalker to receive or possess a firearm.

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Timeline

  1. 12 July 2017

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 12 July 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 20 March 2018

    Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

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