House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019

H.R. 1018Introduced Feb 6, 2019Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor: Rep. Gregory Meeks D-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 6, 2019
Committee actionJul 11, 2019
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 11, 2019 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 53 - 5.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1018.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1018, Improving Corporate Governance through Diversity Act of 2019” on August 21, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 11, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 21, 2019 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55570
CBO publication date
August 21, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1018, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1018
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 23, February 6, 2019, Page H1393):
Article 1, Commerce Clause
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1018, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1018
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
98a0155d9e1c62206aa288c63d2cbdfae67434c4b9bccb7bdf76a7b0bf1a7aef
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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

27 cosponsors — 27 Democrats

0 of 27 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Al Lawson (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), David Scott (D-GA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-5 district

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