Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 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.
- IntroducedApr 17, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 3, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to ensure the annual small business regulatory budget for the SBA in each fiscal year is no greater than zero.
The small business regulatory budget is the cost to a small business of a federal rulemaking, including the cost resulting from the issuance of any new rule and the cost resulting from the modification or repeal of an existing rule.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 310 | On Passage | Passed223–190 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 17, 2025 to Apr 28, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MP | Kimberlyn King-Hinds | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| R-FL | Aaron Bean | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| R-KS | Derek Schmidt | Apr 28, 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 Apr 17, 2025Markup Apr 30, 2025Reported May 21, 2025 |
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Referred Dec 4, 2025 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Dec 3, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5011)
- Dec 3, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 190 (Roll no. 310). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR 12/02/2025 H4987)
- Dec 3, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 2, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 916. (consideration: CR H4987-4989)
- Dec 2, 2025Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965 and H.R. 4305. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965, and H.R. 4305 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- Dec 2, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2965.
- Dec 2, 2025POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2965, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote announced the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Velazquez demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- Dec 1, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 916 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965 and H.R. 4305. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965, and H.R. 4305 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- May 21, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-111.
- May 21, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 82.
- Apr 30, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 30, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 11.
- Apr 17, 2025Introduced in House
- Apr 17, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 | Recorded votes H5011enact | — | Dec 3, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4972, H4978–H4987, H4987–H4989Text printed H4978, H4987Amendments H4985Recorded votes H4986consideration (H. Res. 916), previous question | Beth Van Duyne R-TX, Derek Schmidt R-KS, H. Morgan Griffith R-VA, James P. McGovern D-MA (amendment), Mark Alford R-MO, Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY, Roger Williams R-TX, Tracey Mann R-KS | Dec 2, 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
- Aug 18, 2025H.R. 2965, Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on May 21, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 67, April 17, 2025, page H1614.
Printed hearings 2
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. 119-027 | A VOICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS: HOW THE SBA OFFICE OF ADVOCACY IS CUTTING RED TAPE239 pages | Small Business Committee | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Serial No. 119-009 | MARKUP OF H.R. 1163, PROVE IT ACT OF 2025; H.R. 2027, RETURNING SBA TO MAIN STREET ACT; H.R. 2987, CAPPING EXCESSIVE AWARDING OF SBLC ENTRANTS (CEASE) ACT; H.R. 2931, SAVE SBA FROM SANCTUARY CITIES ACT; H.R. 2968, BUSINESS OVER BALLOTS ACT; H.R. 2965, SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY REDUCTION ACT OF 2025; H.R. 2966, AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS FIRST ACT276 pages | Small Business Committee | Apr 30, 2025 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 111 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 916, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Small Business printed in the bill is considered adopted. | Rules Committee | On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2025Referred in Senate
- Dec 3, 2025Engrossed in House
- May 21, 2025Reported in House
- Apr 17, 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.
