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HR 3381 · in committee · significant

Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill lets all companies use simplified procedures for issuing stocks and bonds that were previously only for emerging growth companies.
  • It affects public companies, startups, and investors by expanding how companies can gauge investor interest before and after filing with the SEC.
  • The bill provides statutory authority immediately with no specified federal cost impact.

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  1. 01

    How would expanding scaled disclosure requirements to all companies rather than just emerging growth companies affect small investors' ability to evaluate investment risks?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the assumption that simplified public offering procedures will increase capital access for startups without increasing fraud or market instability risks?

  3. 03

    Which companies would benefit most from these streamlined procedures, and could this create competitive advantages that disadvantage firms unable to use them effectively?

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Ann Wagner

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Introduced 2025-06-24

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-06-24 · senate · IntroReferral

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

  2. 2025-06-23 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-06-23 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2872-2873)

  4. 2025-06-23 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2872-2873)

  5. 2025-06-23 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3381.

  6. 2025-06-23 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2872-2873)

  7. 2025-06-23 · house · Floor

    Mrs. Wagner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. 2025-06-03 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 86.

  9. 2025-06-03 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-116.

  10. 2025-06-03 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-116.

  11. 2025-05-20 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 2.

  12. 2025-05-20 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  13. 2025-05-14 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

  14. 2025-05-14 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  15. 2025-05-14 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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