S 2045
115th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
Violent crime
Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2017
Introduced: October 31, 2017
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 31, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 31, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2017
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to award grants to states to carry out certain policies and procedures that restrict and penalize firearm possession by or transfer to a person subject to a domestic violence protection order or a person convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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