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Stalking Victim Protection and Accountability Act of 2027





Why Did Paige Bueckers' Stalker Get Probation?

Why did the man who stalked Paige Bueckers receive nothing more than probation and a ban from attending games? Why such a light sentence?

This individual already had an outstanding warrant for arson. He should have been put behind bars for a very long time. He is clearly dangerous. He is a credible threat to Paige Bueckers' life. And he is not someone who will respect a court-ordered ban. If he shows up at a game one day and opens fire, people will ask why no one saw it coming. They will talk about the warning signs  just as they do after every preventable tragedy. Have we learned nothing?

Caitlin Clark. Paige Bueckers. Emma Raducanu. Taylor Swift. All of them have been targeted by stalkers. And they are far from alone. Across sports, music, and public life, women in the spotlight are being hunted, harassed, and threatened by dangerous individuals. These are not isolated incidents. They are warning signs. And the truth is, any one of these women could have been killed.

Our Laws Are Not Good Enough

That is why I am saying what too many in Congress will not: our current laws are failing women.

Right now, a man can cross state lines to stalk a woman, post explicit death threats online, show up at her workplace with an engagement ring and lingerie  and still walk away with probation. That is not justice. That is a system waiting for a tragedy to happen.

If I am elected to Congress in 2026, I will introduce legislation to strengthen our federal anti-stalking laws  with mandatory prison sentences, national monitoring systems, and targeted protections for the women and public figures who face the greatest risk.

This is not just about punishment. It is about prevention. It is about stopping dangerous individuals before they escalate  before another woman's life is destroyed, and before we wake up to a headline that reads:

Caitlin Clark was killed by a stalker.

We have the power to fix this. And when I get to Washington, I intend to do exactly that.

But we do not have to wait until 2027. Congress could  and should  pass this legislation now, before a tragedy forces their hand.

The Stalking Victim Protection and Accountability Act of 2027

Holding Dangerous Stalkers Accountable Before It's Too Late

Every year, high-profile women athletes, entertainers, and public servants  are stalked, threatened, and terrorized by dangerous individuals. And yet, far too often, these stalkers are released on probation, even after crossing state lines or making explicit threats of violence.

Enough is enough.

The Stalking Victim Protection and Accountability Act of 2027 would close dangerous legal loopholes and ensure that individuals who stalk across state lines, violate protective orders, or develop obsessive fixations on public figures are imprisoned  not handed a slap on the wrist.

Key Provisions of the Bill

1. Mandatory Prison Time for Dangerous Stalking

This bill strengthens penalties under existing federal law (18 U.S.C. § 2261A) and establishes a mandatory minimum sentence of three years in federal prison  with a maximum of 15 years  when the stalker.

  • Crosses state lines
  • Makes credible threats of violence
  • Targets a person with a public platform such as an NCAA athlete or elected official
  • Violates an existing protective order

2. Public Figure Enhancement

The bill creates a new legal enhancement that adds five years to any stalking sentence when the victim is a collegiate or professional athlete, a performer, influencer, journalist, or public servant. Women in the public eye face uniquely elevated risk, and the law must reflect that reality.

3. Mandatory Mental Health Intervention

Judges would be authorized to order mentally unstable stalkers to federal medical prisons, with mandatory psychiatric treatment both during incarceration and following release. Punishment alone is not enough  these individuals require intervention.

4. National Stalker Alert System (NSAS)

This bill establishes a federal registry of high risk stalkers who are subject to protective orders. The system would alert law enforcement if a registered stalker travels near their victim, and would restrict their access to air travel, public venues, and firearms when circumstances warrant it.

Why This Matters

Consider what happened to Paige Bueckers. Her stalker crossed the country to confront her, bringing an engagement ring and lingerie while posting threats of death and forced marriage online. He was arrested  and then released on probation.

This bill ensures that justice comes before tragedy. It protects not just the victim, but teammates, fans, and the broader public. No woman should have to live in fear while her stalker walks free.

Timeline

  • Introduced: 2027
  • Takes Effect: 180 days after passage
  • Applies to: All new federal stalking cases filed after the effective date

What You Can Do Right Now

If you believe that stalking especially the stalking of women and public figures  must be treated as the serious, life threatening crime it is, here is how you can help:

  • Call your Representative and Senator and demand action
  • Share this page with your network
  • Urge organizations you support to formally endorse this legislation
  • Demand that Congress pass the Stalking Victim Protection and Accountability Act of 2027

Let's stop waiting for something terrible to happen before we act.

Let's hold stalkers accountable before it is too late.

Let's make sure we never wake up to a headline that reads: Caitlin Clark was killed by a stalker.

The warning signs are already here. The question is whether Congress has the courage to respond to them.




Draft Legislation

Stalking Victim Protection and Accountability Act of 2027

120th Congress  ·  1st Session  ·  H.R. ____

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Kincaid of Washington introduced the following bill, which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A BILL to strengthen federal anti-stalking laws, establish mandatory minimum sentences for aggravated stalking, create a National Stalker Alert System, require mandatory mental health intervention for dangerous stalkers, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. Short Title

This Act may be cited as the "Stalking Victim Protection and Accountability Act of 2027."

Section 2. Findings

  • Stalking is a serious, escalating crime that causes lasting psychological harm and frequently precedes physical violence or homicide.
  • Under current federal law (18 U.S.C. § 2261A), penalties for stalking are inadequate relative to the danger posed by stalkers who cross state lines, make credible threats, or have documented histories of obsessive, threatening behavior.
  • High-profile women   including athletes, entertainers, journalists, and public servants  face a disproportionate and uniquely dangerous level of stalking activity, yet the law does not specifically account for the elevated threat they face.
  • Stalkers who receive probation rather than incarceration frequently reoffend, escalate their conduct, and in many documented cases ultimately commit acts of serious violence against their victims.
  • There is no federal registry or alert system that enables law enforcement to monitor the movements of high risk stalkers in proximity to their victims or to restrict their access to travel, public venues, and firearms.
  • Many stalkers exhibit clear signs of severe mental illness and obsessive fixation that, if treated, may reduce the risk of violence. Incarceration without mandated treatment fails both the victim and the public interest in long-term safety.

Section 3. Amendments to Federal Stalking Law — Aggravated Stalking Penalties

Section 2261A of title 18, United States Code, is amended to add a new subsection establishing aggravated stalking as a distinct and more serious offense. A person commits aggravated stalking when they:

  • Cross a state line to engage in conduct directed at a specific person
  • Make a credible threat of physical violence against the victim or a member of the victim's immediate family
  • Violate an existing protective order, restraining order, or no contact order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or
  • Engage in conduct involving physical proximity to or surveillance of the victim at their place of employment, residence, or any place regularly frequented by the victim.

Penalties for aggravated stalking:

  • Base offense: Not less than 3 years and not more than 15 years in federal prison.
  • If bodily injury results: Mandatory minimum increased to 5 years, maximum increased to 20 years.
  • If a deadly weapon is involved: Mandatory minimum increased to 7 years,  maximum increased to 25 years.

Section 4. Public Figure Sentencing Enhancement

A new section is added to chapter 110A of title 18, establishing a public figure sentencing enhancement. A "public figure" for purposes of this Act means any individual who is:

  • A current or former collegiate or professional athlete
  • A performer, recording artist, actor, or public entertainer 
  • A journalist, broadcaster, or media personality 
  • An influencer or content creator with a significant public following 
  • A current or former holder of elected or appointed public office at any level of government  or
  • A member of the immediate family of any person described above.

When a defendant is convicted of an offense under section 2261A and the victim is a public figure, the court shall impose not less than 5 additional years of imprisonment, consecutive to and not concurrent with any other sentence imposed. The court shall find by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant knew or reasonably should have known that the victim was a public figure at the time of the offense.

Section 5. Mandatory Mental Health Evaluation and Treatment

(a) Evaluation Upon Conviction. Any person convicted under this Act shall undergo a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation by a licensed forensic psychiatrist or psychologist, completed not later than 60 days after sentencing.

(b) Designation to Federal Medical Facility. If the evaluation finds the defendant poses a continuing danger due to a mental disorder, delusional thinking, or erotomania, the court may order the defendant to serve all or part of their sentence in a Federal Medical Center equipped to provide psychiatric treatment.

(c) Mandatory Treatment During Incarceration. Any defendant designated under subsection (b) shall receive individual psychiatric counseling not less than once per week, medication management as clinically indicated, evidence based treatment for erotomania, obsessive fixation, and delusional disorders; and a structured reentry plan addressing mental health stability and ongoing treatment upon release.

(d) Post Release Supervision. As a mandatory condition of supervised release, the court shall require continued outpatient psychiatric treatment, regular checkins with a supervising probation officer not less than monthly for the first two years following release, and prohibition on any contact, direct or indirect, with the victim or any member of the victim's immediate family.

(e) Evaluation Reports to Court. The treating facility shall submit a written mental health evaluation to the sentencing court annually throughout incarceration and not less than 90 days before the defendant's projected release date.

Section 6. National Stalker Alert System (NSAS)

The Attorney General, in coordination with the FBI Director and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish and maintain a National Stalker Alert System (NSAS)   a federal registry and real-time monitoring system for high risk stalkers.

The NSAS shall automatically alert appropriate law enforcement whenever a registered stalker:

  • Travels within a geographic area defined by the court as a restricted zone relative to the victim's known location
  • Purchases a firearm or applies for a firearms transfer 
  • Attempts to purchase an airline ticket or board a commercial flight 
  • Is detected at or near the victim's known residence, workplace, or regularly frequented venue  or
  • Makes any known attempt to contact the victim or the victim's immediate family, directly or indirectly.

The court may impose any or all of the following restrictions on a registered stalker:

  • Prohibition on the purchase, transfer, or possession of any firearm or ammunition
  • Restriction on purchasing commercial airline tickets or boarding commercial aircraft
  • Prohibition on attending public venues where the victim is known to perform, compete, or appear and
  • Electronic monitoring via GPS tracking device as a condition of supervised release.

Duration of registration shall be for the duration of any supervised release or probation period, and not less than 10 years following completion of sentence in cases involving a mandatory minimum under this Act. Victims shall be promptly notified through secure, confidential electronic means upon registration of their stalker and upon any alert generated by the NSAS.

Section 7. Victim Rights and Protections

The victim of any offense under this Act shall have the right to be notified of the arrest, charging, conviction, and sentencing of the stalker; the stalker's registration in the NSAS and any subsequent alerts  and the stalker's projected release date not less than 90 days in advance.

The victim shall have the right to submit a written victim impact statement and to present an oral statement at sentencing. The name, address, employer, and any other identifying information of the victim shall be maintained confidentially in all publicly accessible court records. Disclosure of victim information from NSAS records to any person other than law enforcement or the court shall be a criminal offense punishable by up to 2 years in prison.

The Attorney General shall make available resources through the Office on Violence Against Women to assist stalking victims in obtaining, enforcing, and extending protective orders, including legal representation grants for victims who cannot afford private counsel.

Section 8. Federal Prosecution Priority

The Attorney General shall designate stalking offenses involving interstate travel, credible threats of violence, violations of protective orders, or victims who are public figures as priority federal prosecutions. The FBI shall have primary federal jurisdiction over stalking investigations that involve crossing of state lines, credible threats of serious bodily harm or death, a victim who is a public figure, or a suspected pattern of stalking against multiple victims.

The Department of Justice shall establish formal coordination protocols with state and local prosecutors to ensure that cases meeting these thresholds are considered for federal prosecution wherever federal jurisdiction is available and prosecution is in the interests of justice.

Section 9. Grants to States for Stalking Prevention and Prosecution

The Attorney General is authorized to award grants to states, units of local government, and nonprofit victim services organizations for training law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges on stalking identification and prosecution,  developing stalking specific victim safety plans, establishing or improving state level stalker registries compatible with the NSAS, providing direct services to stalking victims including counseling, relocation assistance, security assessments, and legal advocacy  and conducting public education campaigns on recognizing and reporting stalking behavior.

Authorization of Appropriations: $50,000,000 is authorized for each of the fiscal years 2028 through 2032 to carry out this section.

Section 10. Annual Reporting to Congress

Not later than one year after enactment, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress a report including  the number of prosecutions brought under section 2261A, the number of individuals registered in the NSAS and alerts generated; the number of cases in which the public figure enhancement was applied, the number of defendants ordered to federal medical facilities, an assessment of the NSAS's effectiveness in preventing recidivism; and recommendations for legislative or administrative improvements to federal stalking law.

Section 11. Severability

If any provision of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and its application to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.

Section 12. Effective Date

This Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment and shall apply to offenses committed on or after that date.

Key Definitions

"Credible threat" means a verbal or written statement, a threat conveyed by any electronic means, or a course of conduct that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or the safety of a member of their immediate family, and which the offender has the apparent ability to carry out.

"Erotomania" means a delusional disorder in which the affected individual believes that another person  typically a stranger or public figure  is in love with them, and which frequently underlies stalking behavior directed at public figures.

"Immediate family" means a spouse, parent, child, sibling, or any other individual who regularly resides in the same household as the victim.

"National Stalker Alert System" or "NSAS" means the federal registry and real time monitoring system established under Section 6 of this Act.

"Protective order" means any injunction, restraining order, or other court order issued for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, sexual violence against, contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another person, whether issued by a federal, state, tribal, or territorial court.

"Public figure" has the meaning given that term in Section 4 of this Act.

Draft prepared by Kincaid for Congress as a legislative framework. Specific provisions are subject to refinement in coordination with legal counsel, relevant committee staff, and constitutional authorities upon election to Congress.

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