Pet and Women Safety Act of 2014
Latest action · Sep 26, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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 30, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pet and Women Safety Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit threats or acts of violence against a person's pet under the offenses of stalking and interstate violation of a protection order. Defines "pet" to mean a domesticated animal that is kept for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes.
Requires the "full amount of the victim's losses" for purposes of restitution in domestic violence and stalking offenses to include any costs incurred for veterinary services relating to physical care for the victim's pet.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to award grants to eligible entities to carry out programs to provide specified housing assistance, support services, and training of relevant stakeholders to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their pets.
Expresses the sense of Congress that states should encourage the inclusion of protections against violent or threatening acts against the pet of the person in domestic violence protection orders.
Cosponsors 55
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 30, 2014 to Dec 16, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Jul 30, 2014 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Sep 15, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Sep 15, 2014 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 15, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Sep 15, 2014 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Sep 18, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Sep 22, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
- Jul 30, 2014Introduced in House
- Jul 30, 2014Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime victims
- Crimes against animals and natural resources
- Crimes against women
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Sex offenses
- Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2014Introduced in House
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