118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 2612Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act

To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to extend exemptions for securities offered as part of employee pay to other individuals providing goods for sale, labor, or services for remuneration, to preempt certain provisions of State law with respect to wage rates and benefits, and for other purposes.

Finance and financial sector
Introduced Apr 13, 2023
Last action Apr 13, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Apr 13, 2023
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Referred
Apr 13, 2023
Financial Services · Education and Workforce
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill preempts any state law that classifies an individual providing labor or services for remuneration (i.e., an independent contractor) as an employee for purposes of wage-rate and benefit requirements. The bill also broadens the existing Securities and Exchange Commission registration exemption for the issuance of securities as part of an employee-compensation package. Specifically, the bill applies this exemption to the issuance of securities as compensation for independent contractors. The Government Accountability Office must report on the bill's effects. 

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
Apr 13, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 13, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 13, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.