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This bill represents a clear violation of due process. Stripping away rights prior to criminal convictions is unConstitutional. And if you think protection orders aren’t used to harass or harm via false testimony you haven’t been around them very long.
Title: Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/763/all-info
Companion Bill: HB1923
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23 sponsors: Richard Blumenthal (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Richard Durbin (D); Dianne Feinstein (D); Margaret Hassan (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Edward Markey (D); Tina Smith (D); Jeanne Shaheen (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D); Amy Klobuchar (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Ron Wyden (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Robert Menendez (D); Robert Casey (D); Christopher Coons (D); Patty Murray (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Cory Booker (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
Chamber | Date | Action |
Senate | Mar 16 2021 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Apr 14 2021 | 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