To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide for liability for certain failures to disclose material information in connection with proxy voting advice, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-4590
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-12
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill specifies what is considered a false or misleading statement concerning a material fact for liability purposes in the context of the sale or purchase of securities. Particularly, the bill specifies that this liability extends to certain actions performed by a proxy voting advice businesss. (Proxy voting advice businesses provide voting services and advice to institutional investors in public companies for proposals presented at shareholder meetings.) </p> <p>Under the bill, a proxy voting advice business may be held liable if it fails to disclose its methodology, sources of information, or conflicts of interest, or if it makes a material misstatement when providing proxy voting advice. </p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4590 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 12, 2023 Mr. Steil introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide for liability for certain failures to disclose material information in connection with proxy voting advice, and for other purposes.

1. Liability for certain failures to disclose material information or making of material misstatements Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78n ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (l) False or misleading statements For purposes of section 18, the failure to disclose material information (such as a proxy voting advice business’s methodology, sources of information, or conflicts of interest) or the making of a material misstatement regarding proxy voting advice that makes a recommendation to a security holder as to the security holder’s vote, consent, or authorization on a specific matter for which security holder approval is solicited, and that is furnished by a person that markets the person’s expertise as a provider of such proxy voting advice separately from other forms of investment advice, and sells such proxy voting advice for a fee, shall be considered to be false or misleading with respect to a material fact. .