Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- May 14, 2025
What it does
The Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act would prohibit Members of Congress and their spouses from holding, purchasing, or selling certain financial instruments—including individual stocks, security futures, commodities, and synthetic equivalents like options or warrants—during their term of service. The bill includes a 180-day divestment period for those already holding such assets at enactment and for new members after they begin service, while exempting diversified mutual funds, ETFs, U.S. Treasury securities, and spousal or dependent compensation from primary occupations. Violations would require disgorgement of profits and could result in civil…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.