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Expands Confidential Review for Companies
Recent Bills/Expands Confidential Review for Companies

Expands Confidential Review for Companies

IntroducedMay 14, 2025
Passed House1 year ago
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Sitting in the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.
Most bills stop at this point and never get a vote.
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Why This Matters

This bill expands the ability for companies to test the waters and submit draft registration statements confidentially before going public.

If you invest in companies, this bill allows them to privately gauge interest before their public offerings.
Who this affects
Companies going public · Investors
What changes is this bill making?
  1. 1This bill allows all companies, not just emerging growth companies, to test the waters before going public.
  2. 2It lets any company submit draft registration statements for confidential review before they are publicly filed.
Read the detailed summary

Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2025This 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.

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Senate
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IntroducedMay 14, 2025
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HouseJun 23, 2025
SenateCurrent

Sitting in the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.

Most bills stop at this point and never get a vote.

President

The President

Donald Trump
President
Awaiting Vote
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