Expanded Stalking Protections Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-915
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-30
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Expanded Stalking Protections Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill broadens the scope of conduct that constitutes a federal stalking offense.</p> <p>Specifically, it expands stalking to include conduct that causes a person's friend or co-worker to experience a reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 915 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2019 Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. DelBene , Mrs. Dingell , Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Keating , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Kilmer , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , Mr. McNerney , Mr. Meeks , Ms. Moore , Ms. Norton , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , and Ms. Wilson of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanded Stalking Protections Act of 2019 . 2. Stalking (a) In general Section 2261A of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking Whoever and inserting (a) In general .—Whoever ; (2) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by striking or ; (3) in paragraph (1)(A)(iii), by striking or after the semicolon; (4) by adding at the end of paragraph (1)(A) the following: (iv) a friend of that person; or (v) a co-worker of that person; or ; and (5) by adding at the end of the following: (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Co-worker The term co-worker means a person with whom one has a work relationship, without regard to any hierarchy within the organization. (2) Friend The term friend means a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, exclusive of intimate or family relations. . (b) Conforming amendments Section 2261A, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking or (iii) and inserting (iii), (iv), or (v) ; (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking or (iii) and inserting (iii), (iv), or (v) ; and (3) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking or (iii) and inserting (iii), (iv), or (v) .