Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This legislation text is under development but the sponsor is Congr. Himes (D-CT-4), who is anti-gun, and will most likely expand the current onerous provisions of law involving PFA's and firearms ownership.
Title: Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Assault and harassment offenses: Domestic violence and child abuse: Evidence and witnesses: Firearms and explosives
Description: Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the prohibition on firearm sale or transfer to or purchase or possession by an individual who is subject to a court order that restrains the individual from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of an intimate partner. Specifically, the bill revises the elements of a qualifying court order. It also broadens the definition of "intimate partner" to include a dating partner or former dating partner.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: November 17, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4186/all-info
Companion Bill: SB2044
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'.
22 sponsors: James Himes (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D); Norma Torres (D); Luis Gutierrez (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Gwen Moore (D); Eliot Engel (D); Frank Pallone (D); Jerrold Nadler (D); Steve Cohen (D); Bill Foster (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Thomas Suozzi (D); Gregory Meeks (D); Yvette Clarke (D); Brian Higgins (D); Nita Lowey (D); Paul Tonko (D); Kathleen Rice (D); Grace Meng (D); Sean Maloney (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Nov 17 2017 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| House | Oct 31 2017 | Introduced in House |
| House | Oct 31 2017 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Nov 4 2017 | 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