US SB1677 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on May 18 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-05-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 18 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-05-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A bill to establish a process by which participants of employee welfare plans select guidelines to be used by the plan fiduciary for voting proxies on securities held in investment portfolios under the plan, and for other purposes.
Title
Encouraging More Proxy voting by Organized Workers, Employees, and Retirement Savers Act EMPOWERS Act
Sponsors
| Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] | Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] |
| Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] | Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-18 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
Same As/Similar To
HB3308 (Same As) 2021-05-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1677/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/s1677/BILLS-117s1677is.pdf |
