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116th Congress
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Securities
8–K Trading Gap Act of 2019
Introduced: September 17, 2019
Introduced by:
Van Hollen, Chris
Democratic
· Maryland
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 17, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sep 17, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
8–K Trading Gap Act of 2019
This bill requires certain issuers of securities to create policies reasonably designed to prevent executive officers and directors from trading their securities after a significant corporate event but before disclosing that event through a public filing. Certain issuers required by regulation to adopt a code of ethics are exempt from this requirement.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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