Bill115th CongressFiled Jul 12, 2017Crime and Law Enforcement
S. 1539
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jul 12, 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.
What just happenedMar 20, 2018
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN](D-MN)Sponsor
30 cosponsors30 D
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- Introduced in SenateJul 12, 2017
- Mar 20, 2018Committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Judiciary Committee - Jul 12, 2017IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Jul 12, 2017IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate