S. 1520 · 114th Congress
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2015
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Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2015
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 4, 2015
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2015
Latest action (Jun 4, 2015): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 4, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.