# 115-hr-5756: To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.

115-hr-5756, To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals., is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 700. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5756
- Congress: 115
- Title: To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 700.
- Introduced: 2018-05-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise the vote percentage amounts below which a company may exclude, from its proxy materials, resubmission of a shareholder proposal that previously failed passage. (Shareholder proposals previously included in the issuer's proxy materials may be excluded by the company from subsequent proxy materials if the proposal received less than a specified percentage of the vote the last time it was included. The percentage varies depending upon the number of times the proposal has been submitted previously.)

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6986: Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act
- 115-hr-6784: Manage our Wolves Act
- 115-hr-6745: ACCESS Rural America Act
- 115-hr-6616: Everyday Philanthropist Act
- 115-hr-6417: AG and Legal Workforce Act
- 115-hr-6246: Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-5756 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5756)

## Related
- [115-hr-6986: Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6986)
- [115-hr-6784: Manage our Wolves Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6784)
- [115-hr-6745: ACCESS Rural America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6745)
- [115-hr-6616: Everyday Philanthropist Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6616)
- [115-hr-6417: AG and Legal Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6417)
- [115-hr-6246: Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6246)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5756 (as of 2025-11-18).