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“On agreeing to the Self amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 54 - 374 (Roll no. 325). (consideration: CR H5790-5791)”
This amendment tried to remove a requirement in the bill that would force companies with multiple types of stock (like those where founders have more voting power than regular investors) to provide more information to the public. Since the amendment failed, that transparency requirement remains part of the bill as it moves forward.
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An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 119-399 to strike section 307 relating to enhancing multi-class share disclosures.
“On agreeing to the Self amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 54 - 374 (Roll no. 325). (consideration: CR H5790-5791)”
This amendment tried to remove a requirement in the bill that would force companies with multiple types of stock (like those where founders have more voting power than regular investors) to provide more information to the public. Since the amendment failed, that transparency requirement remains part of the bill as it moves forward.
Multi-class stocks can give company founders significantly more voting power than regular investors. This amendment was a choice between keeping those disclosure requirements or removing them from the proposed law.
This primarily affects investors and publicly traded companies that use complex stock structures where different shares have different voting rights.