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Connecting Small Businesses with Trade School Graduates

Also known as: Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025

Legislative Progress

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Key Points

  • This bill requires government-funded small business centers to help local companies find and hire workers graduating from trade schools and technical programs.
  • Small Business Development Centers and Women’s Business Centers would provide information to business owners about how to use technical education programs to fill their open jobs.
  • The plan also works the other way by teaching trade school students how to use federal resources to start their own small businesses or grow existing ones.
  • By creating these connections, the policy aims to help small businesses find skilled workers while helping graduates of technical programs find stable career opportunities in their communities.

Milestones

5 milestones15 actions
Jun 4, 2025Senate

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Jun 3, 2025House

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jun 3, 2025House

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, 2025

Passed/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, 2025House

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2402-2403)

Vote Results

1 vote
HousePassedProceduralJun 3, 2025

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

396
5
Democrat
195 – 0 · 17
Republican
201 – 5 · 13
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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 1642
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

(5)
D: 3R: 2

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