H.R. 4335 · 116th Congress
8–K Trading Gap Act of 2019
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- House Introduced Sep 16, 2019
- House Passed Jan 13, 2020 384–7
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 it does: CRS summary · Passed House · Jan 13, 2020
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
Votes to become law
About this bill and sources
Official title: 8-K Trading Gap Act of 2019
Latest action (Jan 14, 2020): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 16, 2019
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- House Introduced Sep 16, 2019
- House Passed Jan 13, 2020 384–7
Final vote · House · Jan 13, 2020
Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi