Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act
Latest action · Aug 3, 2017 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 12, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 121
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2017 to Dec 3, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 6, 2018 |
Committees 1
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 12, 2017 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Aug 3, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Jul 12, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 12, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 117, July 12, 2017, page H5759.
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 920 | Expressing support for the designation of June as National Gun Violence Awareness Month, and calling on Congress to address gun violence. | Related bill | Jul 24, 2018 |
| S 1539 | Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017 | Related bill | Mar 20, 2018 |
| HR 3130 | Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 8, 2015 |
| HR 5410 | SAFER Now Act | Related bill | Apr 30, 2018 |
| HR 6545 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 | Related bill | Sep 19, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect victims of stalking from gun violence.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2017Introduced 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.
