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The resolution increases attention, services, and campus-specific responses for stalking victims (including tech-facilitated stalking), but may shift resources toward prosecution and create costs and administrative burdens without guaranteed funding or sustained survivor-centered supports.
Victims nationwide (especially women, young adults, and students) could get expanded access to victim services—shelters, hotlines, counseling and mental-health supports.
People who experience stalking (notably women, young adults, and students) could see stronger criminal-justice attention through calls for more aggressive investigation and prosecution.
College students and campuses could receive expanded, tailored responses to stalking—including improved campus policies and supports—improving on-campus safety, reporting, and accommodations (including for people with disabilities).
Survivor-centered noncriminal supports risk being sidelined if emphasis shifts primarily to criminal prosecution, reducing access to restorative and wraparound services for victims.
Calls for more aggressive prosecution could increase criminal-justice involvement and raise costs for taxpayers and local governments without guaranteed improvements in outcomes.
Raising awareness and expectations without accompanying funding commitments could strain local nonprofits and law enforcement, creating unmet demand for services.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
States findings on stalking prevalence, harms, and risk factors and urges stronger justice responses, expanded victim services, and better campus prevention and response.
Introduced January 27, 2026 by Amy Klobuchar · Last progress February 9, 2026
States findings about the scope, impacts, and risk factors for stalking in the United States and urges stronger criminal-justice responses, more and better victim services nationwide, and effective campus prevention and response. It highlights prevalence and harm: about 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men experience stalking in their lifetimes, many victims are stalked by partners or acquaintances, technology-facilitated stalking is widespread, and young adults and college students face elevated risk. The resolution emphasizes long-term and frequent stalking, links stalking to intimate partner homicide risk, notes mental-health and life-disruption effects, and marks the upcoming anniversary of National Stalking Awareness Month as a moment to call for improved policies and supports. It is a findings/awareness measure and does not itself authorize funding or change criminal law.