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S 3703 118th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector

RESPITE for Businesses Act

Introduced: January 31, 2024 Introduced by: Hagerty, Bill Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jan 31, 2024
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rejecting Extremist Shareholder Proposals that Inhibit and Thwart Enterprise for Businesses Act or the RESPITE for Businesses Act

This bill allows an issuer of securities to exclude a shareholder proposal from proxy statements despite whether the proposal relates to a significant social policy issue. Currently, an issuer may exclude a proposal if it deals with a matter relating to its ordinary business operations unless the proposal raises a significant social policy issue. 

What's happening now January 31, 2024

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3703: RESPITE for Businesses Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3703/
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"S. 3703: RESPITE for Businesses Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3703/.
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S. 3703, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3703/.
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