Expanded Stalking Protections Act of 2017
Latest action · Mar 9, 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.
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanded Stalking Protections Act of 2017
This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the definition of stalking to include conduct that causes a person's friend or co-worker to experience a reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2017 to Dec 17, 2018; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Feb 3, 2017 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | Feb 3, 2017 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Feb 3, 2017 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Feb 3, 2017 |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | Feb 3, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Feb 3, 2017 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Feb 3, 2017 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Feb 6, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Feb 9, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Feb 13, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Feb 16, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 17, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Mar 17, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | May 17, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jun 20, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Sep 7, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 21, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Sep 25, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Sep 27, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Oct 2, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 10, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Dec 14, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Jan 30, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Feb 2, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 6, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Nov 16, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Nov 16, 2018 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Nov 27, 2018 | |
| R-NY | John J. Faso | Dec 6, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Dec 10, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Dec 17, 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 Feb 3, 2017 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Mar 9, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Feb 3, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 3, 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. 19, February 3, 2017, page H978.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 915 | Expanded Stalking Protections Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 22, 2019 |
| HR 5866 | Expanded Stalking Protections Act of 2016 | Reintroduction of | Aug 11, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to extend the coverage of the Federal prohibition against stalking in order to provide protection to friends and co-workers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Expanded Stalking Protections Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 3, 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.
