House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To eliminate the exemption from State regulation for certain securities designated by national securities exchanges.
Sponsor: Rep. Gregory Meeks D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2007
- Committee actionSep 18, 2007
- Passed HouseOct 23, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 24, 2007 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2868.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2868, A bill to eliminate the exemption from state regulation for certain securities designated by national securities exchanges” on September 28, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 18, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19182
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2868, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2868
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7dcfa0c63ea928b1f8fe2f08197a720be0ac8f17795d140496ad422e61735b1f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2868, A bill to eliminate the exemption from state regulation for certain securities designated by national securities exchanges” on September 28, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 18, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19182
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2868, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2868
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7dcfa0c63ea928b1f8fe2f08197a720be0ac8f17795d140496ad422e61735b1f
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-380 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on October 15, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 15, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/380
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2868, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2868
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7dcfa0c63ea928b1f8fe2f08197a720be0ac8f17795d140496ad422e61735b1f
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Michael Castle (R-DE), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Anthony Weiner (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.