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substantiveDec 3, 2025 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed

On Passage — H R 2965 — Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act

Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025

In plain language

  • This House bill from the 119th Congress is titled the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025.
  • Official subject tags include administrative procedure, the Small Business Administration, small business, and commerce.
  • The official summary says the Small Business Administration would have to keep its yearly small-business regulatory budget at no greater than zero.
  • That budget is the cost to a small business of federal rulemaking, including the cost of issuing any new rule and the cost of changing or repealing an existing rule.
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

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.

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Roll-call breakdown

Yea223

Democrat: 15 · Independent: 1 · Republican: 207

Nay190

Democrat: 190

Present0

Not Voting19

Democrat: 8 · Republican: 11

How each member voted (432)

Yea (223)

Nay (190)

Not Voting (19)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.