HR 3381 ยท Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Introduced
- May 14, 2025
- Latest action
- Jun 24, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO-2]
- Policy area
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Cosponsors
- 2
Summary
Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2025 This bill provides statutory authority for all issuers of securities to use certain offering procedures that are available to emerging growth companies. Specifically, the bill allows under statute issuers of securities to communicate with potential investors to ascertain interest in a contemplated securities offering, either before or after the filing of a registration statement (i.e., test the waters ). Additionally, issuers are allowed under statute to submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission, with respect to an initial public offering, initial registration, or follow-on offering, a confidential draft registration statement for review prior to public filing .
Recent actions
- Jun 24, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Jun 23, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 23, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2872-2873)
- Jun 23, 2025 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)
- Jun 23, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3381.
- Jun 23, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2872-2873)
- Jun 23, 2025 Mrs. Wagner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 3, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 86.
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.