2021 House Bill 4597

Mandate corporations justify having all-male board to state officials

Introduced in the House

March 25, 2021

Introduced by Rep. Padma Kuppa (D-41)

To require corporations to include in required annual state reports the number and proportion of females on their board of directors, and the number employed in executive positions, if any. If the corporation has no female board members and no policy for appointing some, it would be required to explain to the state why not. The bill defines "female" as “an individual who self-identifies her gender as a woman, without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth”.

Referred to the Committee on Workforce, Trades, and Talent