STALKERS Act of 2010
Latest action · Jul 28, 2010 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 1, 2010
- Passed HouseJul 27, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Simplifying The Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe Act of 2010 or the STALKERS Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the definition of stalking and impose criminal penalties on anyone who, with intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate a person or to place a person under surveillance with the intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate such person, travels in interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or enters or leaves Indian country and: (1) causes or attempts to cause bodily injury or serious emotional distress to another person; or (2) engages in conduct that would be reasonably expected to cause serious emotional distress to another person.
Imposes the same criminal penalties on anyone who, with intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate a person, engages in a course of conduct in or substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce that: (1) causes or attempts to cause bodily injury or serious emotional distress to another person; or (2) occurs in circumstances where the conduct would be reasonably expected to cause another person serious emotional distress.
Increases penalties for stalking offenses if: (1) the offense involves conduct in violation of a protection order; or (2) the victim of the offense is under the age of 18 or over the age of 65.
Requires the annual report of the Attorney General to include an evaluation of efforts to enforce laws relating to stalking and to identify and describe elements of such efforts that constitute the best practices for the enforcement of such laws.
Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 14, 2010 to Jul 22, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jul 14, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Jul 14, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jul 14, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Jul 21, 2010 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Jul 21, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Scott Murphy | Jul 21, 2010 | |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Jul 21, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jul 22, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 1, 2010 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2010 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2010Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jul 27, 2010Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 27, 2010Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6135-6136)
- Jul 27, 2010DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5662.
- Jul 27, 2010Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6135)
- Jul 27, 2010Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 1, 2010Introduced in House
- Jul 1, 2010Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6135, H6136Text printed H6135Tables H6160Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5662, Simplifying the Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe (STALKERS) Act | Daniel E. Lungren R-CA, John M. Spratt, Jr. D-SC, Loretta Sanchez D-CA, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA | Jul 27, 2010 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jul 26, 2010H.R. 5662, STALKERS Act of 2010<p>Pay-as-you-go table for the bill with an amendment provided to CBO on July 24, 2010</p>
- Jul 26, 2010H.R. 5662, STALKERS Act of 2010Pay-as-you-go table for the bill with an amendment provided to CBO on July 24, 2010
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3651 | Stalkers Act of 2010 | Related bill | Jul 27, 2010 |
| S 3727 | Stalkers Act of 2010 | Related bill | Aug 5, 2010 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the offense of stalking.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Simplifying the Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe Act of 2010
- STALKERS Act of 2010
- Short Titles as Passed House
- STALKERS Act of 2010
- Simplifying the Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe Act of 2010
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2010Referred in Senate
- Jul 27, 2010Engrossed in House
- Jul 1, 2010Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
