Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Stalking victims and gun violence.
Title: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013
Subject: Assault and harassment offenses: Crime prevention: Domestic violence and child abuse: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to revise the definition of: (1) "intimate partner" to include a dating partner and any other person similarly situated to a spouse who is protected by the domestic or family violence laws of the state or tribal jurisdiction in which the injury occurred or where the victim resides; and (2) "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" to include the use or attempted use of physical force or a deadly weapon by a current or former intimate partner. Prohibits: (1) the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking; and (2) the shipment or possession of a firearm or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce, or the receipt of a firearm or ammunition that has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce, by an individual who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Last Action Date: July 30, 2014
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:SN01290:@@@L&summ2=m&
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2 sponsors: Klobuchar, Amy; Hirono, Mazie K.
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jul 30 2014 | Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. |
| Senate | Jul 11 2013 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jul 16 2013 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill