Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Title: Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act
Subject: Assault and harassment offenses: Crime prevention: Domestic violence and child abuse: Crime victims: Firearms and explosives: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act 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: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: September 8, 2015
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3130/all-info
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8 sponsors: Debbie Dingell (D); Robert Dold (R); Daniel Donovan; Ann Kirkpatrick (D); John Conyers (D); Raul Ruiz (D); Bill Foster (D); Donna Edwards (D)
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | Sep 8 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
House | Jul 21 2015 | Introduced in House |
House | Jul 21 2015 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Jul 23 2015 | federal bill text | bill text |
Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
There are no amendments to this bill at this time |
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations
There have not been any votes on this bill