US Congress House Bill 1258 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 179-44-1-1)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Pet and Women Safety Act of 2015 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 Department of Agriculture 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.

Pet and Women Safety Act of 2015

Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
2015-03-04	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2015-03-04	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-03-04	House	Referred 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.
2015-03-04	House	Introduced in House

SB1559 (Same As) 2015-06-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1258/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1258/BILLS-114hr1258ih.pdf