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Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
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Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
March 7, 2013
January, 2013
July 24, 2012
Senator Murray again heads to the Senate floor, urges House passage of bipartisan VAWA.
President Obama signs
the Violence Against
Women Act into law!
Senator Patty Murray
February 12, 2013
The House of Representatives fails to
pick up and pass the Senate
version of VAWA in the final days
of the 112th Congress.
S. 47 passes Senate with 78 votes, goes to House for consideration.
July 31, 2012
May 16, 2012
December 17, 2012
End of
September, 2011
Senator Murray leads a bipartisan coalition of 13 women Senators in sending a letter to Speaker Boehner urging him to pass Senate VAWA without delay.
As the end of the 112th Congress approaches, Senate Democratic women send a letter to the women of the House Republican Conference, asking them to take action and pass VAWA.
VAWA expires.
April 26, 2012
VAWA passes the Senate, 68-31.
Senator Murray releases a video urging Speaker Boehner to take up and pass VAWA. Also creates a petition on Change.Org, which to date has over 7,000 signatures.
May 16, 2012
February 22, 2013
February 28, 2013
August of 2012
The House introduces another version of
VAWA, removing the new provisions.
Senator Murray speaks on the Senate floor
in opposition to the House
version of VAWA.
January 22, 2013
April 25, 2012
House passes inclusive Senate VAWA!
Women Senators, tribal leaders hold press conference to discuss importance of VAWA improvements to provide protections for women currently left out under previous reauthorizations.
The Senate reintroduces VAWA on
the first day bills can be introduced
in the 113th Congress.
The bill has 61 co-sponsors.
February 7, 2013
November 30, 2011
Senator Murray holds roundtable discussions on VAWA in Washington state with domestic violence survivors and advocates.
A Republican alternative, offered by Sen. Grassley, that did not include protections for under-served communities, is defeated in the Senate.
Senate introduces reauthorization. New version includes protections for groups left out under previous versions, including LGBT and tribal victims.
House introduces their own version of VAWA, which does not include LGBT-specific protections, and changes language of tribal protections.
November 14, 2012
Senator Murray continues push for House passage of VAWA in a speech on the Senate floor.
Provides millions of women across the country the
protections they deserve.
Senator Murray gives speech on Senate floor urging GOP leadership to pass VAWA immediately.
September 13, 2012
March 27, 2012
House Democrat Rep. Moore introduces a similar version of VAWA in the House, including the new protections from the Senate bill. Her bill gets
101 co-sponsors.
February 26, 2013
February 4, 2013
Senators again join together on a bipartisan letter urging Speaker Boehner and the House to take up and pass the Senate version of the bill.
Senate begins consideration of the bill.
Senator Murray goes to the Senate floor to urge the House to move forward with VAWA. She again outlines the importance of the tribal provisions.