Small Business Majority submitted a letter to the California Senate Appropriations Committee in support of SB 590, which would allow qualifying workers to receive paid family leave (PFL) benefits to care for a designated person who is a member of their chosen or extended family.
Policy Statements
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Friday, May 23, 2025 |
Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
On May 22, Small Business Majority submitted a letter of support to California's Assembly Appropriations Committee for AB 325, which updates California’s antitrust laws to combat the growing use of digital pricing algorithms for illegal price fixing, ensuring that modern technology does not become a tool for anti-competitive behavior that harms consumers and small businesses.
Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
On May 22, Smalll Business Majority Senior Public Policy Director Awesta Sarkash submitted a statement for the record to Texas Senate Committee on Finance in support of the $100 million childcare investment for a biennial budget and supplemental budget bill that will prioritize access to affordable childcare that will strengthen the small business community.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
Small Business Majority submitted a letter to the California Senate Appropriations Committee in support of SB 81, which revises the definition of “medical information” to include immigration status under the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA).
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
On May 21, Small Business Majority Senior Public Policy Director Awesta Sarkash sent a letter to the Texas Senate Committee on Criminal Justic in support of House Bill 2507, legislation that would automatically grant nondisclosure orders for certain misdemeanor defendents who complete deferred adjudication and eliminating associated fees.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
On May 21, Small Business Majority submitted comments in response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force invitation for public comments to identify regulations that raise barriers to competition for small businesses. Our comments underscore how a broader lack of regulation and antitrust enforcement has made it more difficult for small businesses to compete on a level playing field.
Thursday, May 15, 2025 |
On May 15, Small Business Majority Senior Public Policy Director Awesta Sarkash sent a letter to Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman and President Pro Tempore Kim Ward urging them to support The Family Care Act, legislation that would establish a paid family and medical leave insurance fund.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 |
Small Business Majority sent a letter to the California Senate Appropriations Committee in supprot of Senate Bill 635, the Street Vendor Business Protection Act, which prohibits permitters from inquiring about a person’s immigration or citizenship status and prevents fingerprinting or the disclosure of past criminal history for permitting purposes.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 |
On May 13, Small Business Majority and the Small Business Tax Reform Coalition submitted a letter, signed by nearly 100 small business owners, to the House Committee on Ways & Means in support of the Mom and Pop Tax Relief Act (H.R. 3249). The bill would replace the existing 20% passthrough deduction under Section 199A with a simplified deduction of up to $25,000. The letter highlights how H.R.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 |
On May 6, Small Business Majority and 20 state and national organizations representing small business interests sent a letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, urging members to reject Medicaid cuts that would make it more difficult and costly for millions of small business owners and their employees to access affordable healthcare. The letter was sent ahead of the Committee’s reconciliation markup, where members will outline roughly $880 billion in spending cuts, including significant and harmful cuts to Medicaid.
