Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
Latest action · Jun 4, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 3, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
This bill requires Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers to provide educational information to small businesses about hiring graduates of career and technical education programs.
This includes, as appropriate, connecting small businesses with career and technical education programs to assist students and graduates of such programs with identifying career opportunities.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 146 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed396–5 | Jun 3, 2025 |
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2025 to Mar 5, 2025; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Original | Feb 26, 2025 |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Original | Feb 26, 2025 |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Original | Feb 26, 2025 |
| R-WI | Tony Wied | Original | Feb 26, 2025 |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Mar 5, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Feb 26, 2025Markup Mar 5, 2025Reported Mar 24, 2025 |
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Referred Jun 4, 2025 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Jun 3, 2025Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jun 3, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2392-2393)
- Jun 3, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1642.
- Jun 3, 2025At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jun 3, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2402-2403)
- Jun 3, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 396 - 5 (Roll no. 146). (text: CR H2392)
- Jun 3, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 24, 2025Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-36.
- Mar 24, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 25.
- Mar 5, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 5, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 0.
- Feb 26, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 26, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2392, H2393, H2405Text printed H2392Recorded votes H2402enact | Derek Tran D-CA, Johnny Olszewski, Jr. D-MD, Morgan McGarvey D-KY, Roger Williams R-TX | Jun 3, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 7, 2025H.R. 1642, Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 24, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 38, February 26, 2025, page H880.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-031 | CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE FUTURE OF MAIN STREET SUCCESS83 pages | Small Business Committee | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Serial No. 119-028 | EMPOWERING RURAL AMERICA THROUGH INVESTMENT IN INNOVATION291 pages | Small Business Committee | Jan 21, 2026 |
| Serial No. 119-004 | MARKUP OF: H.R. 1642, CONNECTING SMALL BUSINESSES WITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION GRADUATES ACT OF 2025; H.R. 789, TRANSPARENCY AND PREDICTABILITY IN SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ACT; H.R.787, PLAIN LANGUAGE IN CONTRACTING ACT; H.R. 1621, THE ENTREPRENEURS WITH DISABILITIES REPORTING ACT; H.R. 1634, THE THINKDIFFERENTLY ABOUT DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT ACT; H.R. 1816, WOSB ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; H.R. 1804, 7(A) LOAN AGENT OVERSIGHT ACT64 pages | Small Business Committee | Mar 5, 2025 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to graduates of career and technical education programs for small business development centers and women's business centers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to graduates of career and technical education programs for small business development centers and women’s business centers, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2025Referred in Senate
- Jun 3, 2025Engrossed in House
- Mar 24, 2025Reported in House
- Feb 26, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
