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Raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking by designating January 2025 as "National Stalking Awareness Month".
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Last progress February 4, 2025 (1 year ago)
Raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking by designating January 2026 as "National Stalking Awareness Month".
Updated 2 days ago
Last progress January 27, 2026 (1 week ago)
Last progress January 29, 2025 (1 year ago)
Introduced on January 29, 2025 by Amy Klobuchar
Designates January 2025 as National Stalking Awareness Month and calls attention to stalking as a public safety and public health problem. It highlights the prevalence and harms of stalking, praises organizations that help victims, and urges policymakers, service providers, businesses, media, and others to increase awareness, outreach, and support during the month.
About 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men in the United States experience stalking at some point in their lives and feel very fearful, threatened, or concerned for their safety or the safety of others.
An estimated more than 13,400,000 individuals in the United States report being victims of stalking each year.
More than 80 percent of stalking victims report being stalked by a current or former intimate partner or by an acquaintance.
Nearly 70 percent of female stalking victims and 80 percent of male stalking victims are threatened with physical harm by stalkers.
Stalking is a risk factor for intimate partner homicide.
Primary effects are symbolic and awareness-focused rather than regulatory or fiscal. Most directly affected are survivors of stalking and organizations that provide victim services: the resolution raises visibility of stalking issues, which can increase public understanding and encourage victims to seek help. Victim service providers, advocacy groups, law enforcement, and mental health and social service agencies may see increased demand for information, referrals, training, or collaboration prompted by awareness activities. Policymakers and agencies may be encouraged to review policies, improve coordination, or propose new responses, but the resolution itself does not require funding, change law, or impose obligations. Media organizations and private-sector employers are asked to participate in outreach and education efforts, which could lead to voluntary campaigns or workplace awareness activities.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.