3.0.0 3367 2022-02-08T23:22:59Z 2022-02-08T23:22:59Z Senate S 2020-03-02 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-02T21:30:37Z Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2019 116 3279 HR 2019-07-11 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 52 - 6. Related bill CRS 2020-03-02 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-03-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-03-02 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-03-02 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-03-02 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2020-03-02 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-03-02 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2020-03-02 True Finance and Financial Sector Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Congressional oversight Corporate finance and management Employment discrimination and employee rights Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Minority employment Racial and ethnic relations Securities Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Women in business Women's employment Finance and Financial Sector 00 2020-03-02 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-13T15:57:44Z Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2020

This bill requires each issuer to disclose, in any proxy or consent solicitation material for an annual shareholders meeting, the gender, racial, and ethnic composition of its board of directors and nominees for board membership.

The Securities and Exchange Commission shall establish a Diversity Advisory Group, composed of government, academic, and private-sector representatives, to study strategies for increasing gender, racial, and ethnic diversity among the members of issuers' boards of directors.

]]> Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2020 Display Title Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish a Diversity Advisory Group to study and make recommendations on strategies to increase gender, racial, and ethnic diversity among the members of the board of directors of issuers, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make disclosures to shareholders with respect to gender, racial, and ethnic diversity, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3367is/xml/BILLS-116s3367is.xml 2020-03-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.