H.R. 2534Insider Trading Prohibition Act

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Sponsor: James A. Himes [D-CT-04]
Cosponsors: 2 · 2 Democrats
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Committees: Financial Services Committee, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Latest action: Dec 9, 2019 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

IntroducedMay 7, 2019
Passed the HouseDec 5, 2019
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Insider Trading Prohibition Act

This bill generally provides statutory authority for the prohibition against securities trading, as well as related communications to others, by a person aware of material, nonpublic information. The bill further provides, for purposes of establishing a violation of this prohibition, that it is not necessary for such a person to know specifically how such information was obtained or whether a personal benefit was paid or promised.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 2534 as passed House on Dec 5, 2019. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Dec 5, 2019Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveDec 5, 2019

How every member votedHouse roll call 649

House Dec 5, 2019 · the primary vote

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Insider Trading Prohibition Act

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410 Yea 13 Nay 7 not voting

Crossed both parties 13 of 423 voting members broke with their own party: 13 Republicans.

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All members430 members

Democratic232 members

Republican198 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors2 · 2 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 2534 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.

DCAROLYN MALONEY [D-NY-12]Joined May 15, 2019

DDenny Heck [D-WA-10]Joined May 15, 2019

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H.R. 2534Insider Trading Prohibition Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 25342 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 649

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors2 · 2 Democrats

H.R. 2534Insider Trading Prohibition Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 25342 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 649

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors2 · 2 Democrats

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