Congress·In Committee·S. 4034

Business: Making it Easier for Companies to Go Public

ELEVATE Act of 2026

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This bill, introduced by Ricketts and Cortez Masto, aims to make it easier and less expensive for companies to sell stock to the public. It specifically targets "emerging growth companies," which are typically newer businesses with smaller yearly revenues.
Under the new rules, these smaller companies would only have to show two years of financial history instead of the longer periods usually required. This reduces the amount of paperwork and accounting costs a business faces when it first joins a stock exchange.
The bill also allows any company to submit its initial paperwork to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) privately. This lets the company fix errors or answer questions from the government without the general public or competitors seeing their sensitive financial data right away.
To ensure transparency, the company must still make all those private documents public at least 10 days before they actually start trading on a stock exchange. This gives investors time to review the information before they decide to buy shares.

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Mar 10, 2026Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Mar 10, 2026

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ELEVATE Act of 2026

Bill NumberS 4034

Congress119th Congress

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Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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