Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This is a domestic violence bill related to acts of violence against owners pets.
Title: Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017
Subject: Animal protection and human-animal relationships: Assault and harassment offenses: Crime victims: Crimes against animals and natural resources: Crimes against women: Domestic violence and child abuse: Homelessness and emergency shelter: Sex offenses: Veterinary medicine and animal diseases: Violent crime: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the definition of stalking to include conduct that causes a person to experience a reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury to his or her pet. Additionally, an interstate violation of a protection order includes interstate travel with the intent to violate a protection order against a pet that is included within the scope of the protection order. The bill specifies the applicable criminal penalty—a prison term of up to five years, a fine, or both—for a person who commits an interstate violation of a protection order against a pet. With respect to a defendant who commits a domestic violence offense or an interstate violation of a protection order, mandatory restitution in the "full amount of victim's losses" includes costs incurred for veterinary services related to the pet. The bill directs the Department of Agriculture to award grants for shelter and housing assistance and support services for domestic violence victims with pets. Finally, it expresses the sense of Congress that states should include, in domestic violence protection orders, protections against violence or threats against a person's pet.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Last Action Date: February 7, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/322/all-info
Companion Bill: HB909
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42 sponsors: Gary Peters (D); Dean Heller (R); Lisa Murkowski (R); Bernard Sanders (I); Debbie Stabenow (D); Susan Collins (R); Patrick Leahy (D); Cory Booker (D); Al Franken (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Robert Casey (D); Catherine Cortez Masto (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Jeanne Shaheen (D); Rob Portman (R); Charles Schumer (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Martin Heinrich (D); Edward Markey (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Robert Menendez (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Brian Schatz (D); Ron Wyden (D); Christopher Coons (D); Jeff Merkley (D); Margaret Hassan (D); Dianne Feinstein (D); Sherrod Brown (D); Kamala Harris (D); Mark Warner (D); Tim Kaine (D); Tom Udall (D); Maria Cantwell (D); John Kennedy (R); Thomas Carper (D); Jack Reed (D); Claire McCaskill (D); Patty Murray (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 7 2017 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 16 2017 | 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: Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
There have not been any votes on this bill