House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Strengthening Protections for Domestic Violence and Stalking Survivors Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to define intimate partner to include someone with whom there is or was a dating relationship, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2025
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- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4166.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 110, June 26, 2025, Page H3011):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4166, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4166
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
14 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 13 Democrats
1 of 14 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Dave Min (D-CA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell.
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- H.R. 1917 (119th) Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
- H.R. 3858 (119th) Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025
- H.R. 3184 (119th) PFAS Alternatives Act
- H.R. 929 (119th) Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
Related bills
- S. 2196 (119th) Strengthening Protections for Domestic Violence and Stalking Survivors Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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