US Congress Senate Bill 322 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-5-1)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the definition of stalking to include conduct that causes a person to experience a reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury to his or her pet. Additionally, an interstate violation of a protection order includes interstate travel with the intent to violate a protection order against a pet that is included within the scope of the protection order. The bill specifies the applicable criminal penalty—a prison term of up to five years, a fine, or both—for a person who commits an interstate violation of a protection order against a pet. With respect to a defendant who commits a domestic violence offense or an interstate violation of a protection order, mandatory restitution in the "full amount of victim's losses" includes costs incurred for veterinary services related to the pet. The bill directs the Department of Agriculture to award grants for shelter and housing assistance and support services for domestic violence victims with pets. Finally, it expresses the sense of Congress that states should include, in domestic violence protection orders, protections against violence or threats against a person's pet.

Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017

Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

HB909 (Same As) 2017-03-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
HB2 (Related) 2018-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 115-334.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/322/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s322/BILLS-115s322is.pdf