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S. 2483

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Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · July 30, 2014
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Congress
113th (2013–2015)
Introduced
June 17, 2014
Sponsor
Sen. Richard BlumenthalD
Cosponsors (13)
13D 0R
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Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act - Amends federal firearms provisions to expand the definition of: (1) "intimate partner" to include a dating partner or former dating partner; and (2) "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" to include a misdemeanor offense that has, as an element, the use or attempted use of force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, by a dating partner or former dating partner against the victim. Prohibits the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to, or the possession or receipt of a firearm by, a person subject to a court order, or an ex parte order, that restrains such person from: (1) harassing, stalking, threatening, or engaging in other conduct that would put an individual in reasonable fear of bodily injury, including an order issued at the request of an employer on behalf of its employee or at the request of an institution of higher education on behalf of its student; or (2) intimidating or dissuading a witness from testifying in court.

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