US Congress Senate Bill 1539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)
Status: Introduced on July 12 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-03-20 - Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-20	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
2017-07-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB3207 (Related) 2017-08-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
HB5410 (Related) 2018-04-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
HB6545 (Related) 2018-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1539/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1539/BILLS-115s1539is.pdf