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This section expands the definition of "intimate partner" under 18 U.S.C. §921(a)(32) to include individuals who are or were in a dating relationship with the person or any other individual similarly situated to a spouse (e.g., protected by state or tribal domestic or family violence laws); revises the definition of "dating relationship" in §921(a)(37) to mean a continuing serious relationship of a romantic or intimate nature (including recent ones in misdemeanor domestic violence cases); and replaces references to "dating relationship" with "continuing serious relationship." This section further expands the definition of "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" under §921(a)(33)(A)(ii) to include offenses against a child victim committed by a person who has a current or recent former dating relationship with the victim's parent, guardian, or person similarly situated to a parent or guardian. (Thus, convictions for such offenses prohibit the perpetrator from firearm possession, sale, or transfer under 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(9) and (d)(9).) This section establishes a new firearms prohibitor for "misdemeanor crime of stalking" under §921(a)(39), defined as a misdemeanor under federal, state, tribal, or local law involving a course of harassment, intimidation, or surveillance that places a person in reasonable fear of harm to that person, an immediate family member, co-resident, intimate partner, or pet/service/emotional support animal—or causes emotional distress to certain of those individuals—with exceptions for convictions lacking counsel or jury trial (where applicable), or that are expunged, set aside, pardoned, or have restored civil rights (unless expressly prohibiting firearms). It adds this prohibitor to 18 U.S.C. §922(d)(10) (prohibiting sales or transfers) and §922(g)(10) (prohibiting possession).