1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2019 . 2. Addition of dating partners and individuals subject to restraining orders (a) Definition Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (32) and inserting the following: (32) The term intimate partner — (A) means with respect to a person, the spouse of the person, a former spouse of the person, an individual who is a parent of a child of the person, and an individual who cohabitates or has cohabited with the person; and (B) includes— (i) a dating partner (as defined in section 2266); and (ii) any other person similarly situated to a spouse. ; (2) in paragraph (33)(A)— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the term and inserting The term ; (B) in clause (i), by inserting municipal, after State, ; and (C) in clause (ii)— (i) by inserting dating partner (as defined in section 2266), after former spouse, ; and (ii) by inserting dating partner (as defined in section 2266), after a spouse, each place it appears; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (34) and (35) as paragraphs (35) and (36), respectively; and (4) by inserting after paragraph (33) the following: (34) (A) The term misdemeanor crime of stalking means an offense that is a stalking misdemeanor under Federal, State, municipal, or Tribal law. (B) (i) A person shall not be considered to have been convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter, unless— (I) the person was represented by counsel in the case, or knowingly and intelligently waived the right to counsel in the case