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HR 8286 Advanced toward a vote

Limits required corporate disclosures to information a company finds material to investment or voting decisions, creates an advisory committee for the SEC, and sets new registration, conflict-of-interest, and voting rules for proxy advisory firms and large investment managers.

Official title: Protecting Americans’ Retirement Savings From Politics Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 15-APR-2026
Referred 15-APR-2026
Approved by committee 21-APR-2026
Reported 24-JUN-2026
On the calendar 24-JUN-2026
Key points
  • Limits SEC disclosure rules so companies must disclose only information that is material to a voting or investment decision, except when a requirement is removed.
  • Creates a Public Company Advisory Committee of 10 to 20 members to advise the SEC on public reporting, proxy, trading, and capital formation issues.
  • Requires proxy advisory firms to register with the SEC, disclose conflicts of interest, give companies a chance to correct data, and face liability for material misstatements.
  • Requires institutional investment managers with at least $100 billion in assets to report their proxy votes and run economic analyses before voting on shareholder proposals, and bans robovoting and outsourcing of voting decisions.
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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Reported to House, 24-JUN-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor Bryan Steil (R-WI) Cosponsors · 2
■ 2 R
2 Republicans