H.R. 2965 · 119th Congress

Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025

Introduced on Apr 17, 2025 by Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24). 5 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Dec 4, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Apr 17, 2025
Cosponsors
5
0 from the other party
Policy area
Commerce
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

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

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Small Business Administration
  • Small business

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, May 21, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Beth Van DuyneR-TX-24Sponsor

Republicans · 5

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Passage
    Dec 3, 2025· House· Passage· Passed 223–190

History

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  1. Apr 17, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Apr 17, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Apr 17, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Small Business.
  4. Apr 30, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Apr 30, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 11.
  6. May 21, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-111.
  7. May 21, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-111.
  8. May 21, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 82.
  9. Dec 1, 2025 · HouseRules 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.
  10. Dec 2, 2025 · HouseConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 916. (consideration: CR H4987-4989)
  11. Dec 2, 2025 · HouseRule 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.
  12. Dec 2, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2965.
  13. Dec 2, 2025 · HousePOSTPONED 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.
  14. Dec 3, 2025 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5011)
  15. 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)House · Roll call 310
  16. Dec 3, 2025 · HouseOn 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)House · Roll call 310
  17. Dec 3, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. Dec 4, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)3 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  2. Public Citizen2 reports
    $173.4K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.