H.R. 5756: To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.
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H.R. 5756: To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.
115th Congress · introduced 2018-05-10 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 700.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2018-05-10 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.
Plain summary
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise the vote percentage amounts below which a company may exclude, from its proxy materials, resubmission of a shareholder proposal that previously failed passage. (Shareholder proposals previously included in the issuer's proxy materials may be excluded by the company from subsequent proxy materials if the proposal received less than a specified percentage of the vote the last time it was included. The percentage varies depending upon the number of times the proposal has been submitted previously.)
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Official text
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] · 0 cosponsors
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr5756.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr5756 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115