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S. 1539

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017

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.

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN](D-MN)Sponsor
30 cosponsors30 D
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  1. Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

    Judiciary Committee
  2. IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Judiciary Committee
  3. IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017 — Informed