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S 1520 114th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Assault and harassment offenses Crime prevention Crime victims Domestic violence and child abuse Firearms and explosives

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2015

Introduced: June 4, 2015 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Jun 4, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 4, 2015
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Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2015

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's happening now June 4, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3130 Related bill Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Nov 5, 2015
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 20, 2015
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jun 4, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1520: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1520/
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"S. 1520: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1520/.
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S. 1520, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1520/.
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