United States · Bill · S
S. 1171 (117th)
Investor Choice Act of 2021
Introduced
15 April 2021
Last action
15 April 2021 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsors
Jeff Merkley, Richard Durbin, Elizabeth Warren, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Richard Blumenthal, Catherine Cortez Masto
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Investor Choice Act of 2021 This bill prohibits broker-dealers and investment advisers from including mandatory arbitration, forum selection restrictions, or bans on class action suits in a customer or client agreement. Issuers of securities are also prohibited from mandating arbitration in a shareholder agreement.
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Timeline
15 April 2021
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
15 April 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 15 April 2021 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 April 2021
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 April 2021
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 15 April 2021
Sponsors
- Jeff Merkley · D · Sponsor
- Richard Durbin · D · Sponsor
- Elizabeth Warren · D · Sponsor
- Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Richard Blumenthal · D · Sponsor
- Catherine Cortez Masto · D · Cosponsor
- · ssbk00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Investor Choice Act of 2024
- related to ← Investor Choice Act of 2021
- related to ← Investor Choice Act of 2019
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1171
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/1171
- us · 117-s-1171 · source updated 5 December 2025