1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Protections for Domestic Violence and Stalking Survivors Act of 2023 . 2. Addressing intimate partner violence (a) Inclusion of current and former dating partners in definition of intimate partner Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (32)— (A) by striking and an individual and inserting an individual ; and (B) by inserting before the period at the end the following: , an individual who is or was in a dating relationship with the person, or any other individual similarly situated to a spouse, including an individual who is protected by the domestic or family violence laws of the State or Tribal jurisdiction in which the abuse occurred or the victim resides ; (2) by striking paragraph (37)(A) and inserting the following: (37) (A) The term dating relationship means a relationship between individuals who have or have had, or in the case of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence have or have recently had, a continuing serious relationship of a romantic or intimate nature. ; and (3) in paragraph (37)(C), by striking dating relationship and inserting continuing serious relationship . (b) New prohibitor for misdemeanor crimes of stalking Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 921(a), by adding at the end the following: (38) (A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the term misdemeanor crime of stalking means an offense that— (i) is a misdemeanor under Federal, State, Tribal, or local law; and (ii) has, as an element, a course of harassment, intimidation, or surveillance that— (I) places a person in reasonable fear of actual harm to the health or safety of— (aa) that person; (bb) an immediate family member (as defined in section 115) of that person; (cc) an individual who shares or has shared a residence with that person, without regard to whether the individual is related to that person; (dd) an intimate partner of that person