Small Business Liberation Act
Latest action · Jun 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2025 to Dec 17, 2025; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Jul 16, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Aug 19, 2025 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Dec 17, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 101, June 12, 2025, page H2823.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1593 | Small Business Liberation Act | Identical bill | May 21, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To exempt small business concerns from duties imposed pursuant to the national emergency declared on April 2, 2025, by the President.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Small Business Liberation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 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.
