S. 1539 · 115th Congress
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Amy Klobuchar
- Introduced
- 2017-07-12
- Latest action
- 2018-03-20 · Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
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.