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S. 1559: Pet and Women Safety Act of 2015

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S. 1559: Pet and Women Safety Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-11 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Pet and Women Safety Act of 2015

Plain summary

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.

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Official text

Pet and Women Safety Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] · 35 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Patty Murray (D-WA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-s1559 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114