A BILL 
To protect victims of stalking from gun violence. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Zero Tolerance for Do-
mestic Abusers Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF DATING PARTNERS AND INDIVIDUALS 
SUBJECT TO RESTRAINING ORDERS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (32) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(32) The term ‘intimate partner’— 
‘‘(A) means with respect to a person, the spouse 
of the person, a former spouse of the person, an in-
dividual who is a parent of a child of the person, and 
an individual who cohabitates or has cohabited with 
the person; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) a dating partner (as defined in section 
2266); and 
‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situated to 
a spouse.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (33)(A)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph 
(C), the term’’ and inserting ‘‘The term’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘municipal,’’ 
after ‘‘State,’’; and 
(C) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘dating partner (as 
defined in section 2266),’’ after ‘‘former 
spouse,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘dating partner (as 
defined in section 2266),’’ after ‘‘a 
spouse,’’ each place it appears; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (34) and (35) 
as paragraphs (35) and (36), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (33) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(34)(A) The term ‘misdemeanor crime of stalking’ 
means an offense that is a stalking misdemeanor under 
Federal, State, municipal, or Tribal law. 
‘‘(B)(i) A person shall not be considered to have been 
convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter, 
unless— 
‘‘(I) the person was represented by counsel in 
the case, or knowingly and intelligently waived the 
right to counsel in the case; and 
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‘‘(II) in the case of a prosecution for an offense 
described in this paragraph for which a person was 
entitled to a jury trial in the jurisdiction in which 
the case was tried, either 
‘‘(aa) the case was tried by a jury, or 
‘‘(bb) the person knowingly and intel-
ligently waived the right to have the case tried 
by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 
‘‘(ii) A person shall not be considered to have been 
convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter 
if the conviction has been expunged or set aside, or is an 
offense for which the person has been pardoned or has 
had civil rights restored (if the law of the applicable juris-
diction provides for the loss of civil rights under such an 
offense) unless the pardon, expungement, or restoration 
of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not 
ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.’’. 
(b) ADDITION OF STALKING.—Section 922 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (8)(B)(ii), by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) has been convicted in any court of a mis-
demeanor crime of stalking.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) has been convicted in any court of a mis-
demeanor crime of stalking,’’. 
Æ 
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