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S 1539 115th 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 2017

Introduced: July 12, 2017 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 20, 2018
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Jul 12, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 12, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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's happening now March 20, 2018

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 6545 Related bill Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018
  • HR 5410 Related bill SAFER Now Act
  • HR 3207 Related bill Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 19
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · May 23, 2018
 D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Mar 22, 2018
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Mar 22, 2018
 D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Mar 21, 2018
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Feb 26, 2018
 D
Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Feb 26, 2018
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Dec 5, 2017
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Nov 28, 2017
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 13, 2017
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Nov 9, 2017
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Nov 9, 2017
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Nov 9, 2017
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Nov 8, 2017
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Nov 8, 2017
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Nov 7, 2017
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 7, 2017
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jul 12, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1539: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1539/
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"S. 1539: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1539/.
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