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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 10, 2018
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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Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] · R–WI
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 700.
Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-904.
Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-904.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 22.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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