Firearms Owners Against Crime

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Proposed Federal Senate Legislation SB1539

this is an anti-gun bill   evalutation

This bill is absent in the protection department and long on 'rhetoric' as it is rooted in anti-gun philosophy. Same bill as H.R.3207 (FOAC Bill No. HB3207)

This language expands the term of 'Domestic Violence' to dating and requires Zero Tolerance with gun bans.

Legislation Overview

Title: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017

Subject: Assault and harassment offenses: Crime prevention: Crime victims: Domestic violence and child abuse: Firearms and explosives: Crime and law enforcement

Description: 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.

Session: 115th Congress

Last Action: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

Last Action Date: March 20, 2018

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1539/all-info

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

31 sponsors: Amy Klobuchar (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Dianne Feinstein (D); Robert Casey (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Richard Durbin (D); Ron Wyden (D); Jack Reed (D); Kamala Harris (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Edward Markey (D); Tom Udall (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Jon Tester (D); Jeff Merkley (D); Christopher Coons (D); Bill Nelson (D); Tina Smith (D); Thomas Carper (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Patrick Leahy (D); Cory Booker (D); Debbie Stabenow (D); Doug Jones (D); Michael Bennet (D); Gary Peters (D); Margaret Hassan (D); Jeanne Shaheen (D); Robert Menendez (D)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Mar 20 2018 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Senate Jul 12 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Jul 22 2017 federal bill text bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Committee

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Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill

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