Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act

To protect victims of stalking from gun violence.

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary

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.

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Legislative Actions

2017-07-12
Introduced in House
2017-07-12
Introduced in House
2017-07-12
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-08-03
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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