S. 1539
IntroducedProtecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017
Introduced 7/12/2017•115th Congress•Senate
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Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
3/20/2018 • Senate
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.
Introduced in Senate • 7/12/2017
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Topics & Subjects
Policy Area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Assault and harassment offensesCrime preventionCrime victimsDomestic violence and child abuseFirearms and explosives
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Originated in the Senate
Introduced
July 12, 2017
Committee Review
March 20, 2018
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
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Introduced in Senate7/12/2017