Expanding WKSI Eligibility Act passed the House 138 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedJul 16, 2025
ReportedJul 22, 2025
Passed one chamberDec 1, 2025
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 44 words.
This bill reduces the required aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity shares for an issuer of securities to qualify as a well-known seasoned issuer. A well-known seasoned issuer is allowed to make expedited public offerings of securities through automatic shelf registrations.
Context
- Committees
- House Financial Services Committee
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee - Policy area
- Finance and Financial Sector: 53 of 3,256 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.6%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 70 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 244 words
- Subjects
- Business investment and capitalCorporate finance and managementSecurities
- Latest action
- Dec 2, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 3749 Expanding WKSI Eligibility Act R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]