On April 3, Small Business Majority, alongside Fair Financial Service Project Texas Appleseed, The Responsible Business Lending Coalition, The Texas Association of Community Development Corporations and Business and Community Lenders, submitted a public comment regarding a rulemaking proposal posted in the Texas Register, proposing amendments to 7 TAC §§86.301 - 86
Texas Small Business Owner Highlight
Ruben Mauricio built RPM Diesel Services in Texas without advertising, a website or business cards—just character, grit, and word of mouth. After serving time in prison, he turned lessons from the Prison Entrepreneurship Program into a successful oilfield service business, overcoming barriers to financing, hiring and growth along the way.
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Texas Policy
Browse our latest state-based regulatory comments and legislative testimony in this area below, or click the button to view all records.
Friday, April 3, 2026
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
On May 21, Small Business Majority Senior Public Policy Director Awesta Sarkash sent a letter to the Texas Senate Committee on Criminal Justice 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.
Monday, May 5, 2025
On May 5, Small Business Majority Senior Public Policy Director Awesta Sarkash sent a letter to the Texas Conference Committee on CSSB 1 and CSHB 500 urging them to support the $100 million in HB 500 to ensure small business owners can effectively run their business while their children receive the care they need.
Texas Research
Published:
Wed, 04/03/2024
Small Business Majority’s new poll of Texas small business owners reveals strong support for legislative solutions that would remove barriers for justice-impacted individuals by making reforms to occupational licensing and debt-based driver’s license suspensions. These politically diverse small business owners believe these measures would enable employers to tap into an underutilized workforce and open up opportunities for entrepreneurship.
Published:
Tue, 02/07/2023
Small businesses in Texas are still struggling to hire and retain a ready workforce, persistent challenges in the wake of the pandemic.
Published:
Wed, 01/25/2023
While small businesses employ nearly half (46.4%) of the private workforce in the United States, many are struggling to hire and retain a ready workforce. One viable solution to their persistent workforce challenges is the passing of Clean Slate policies, which seal and expunge certain criminal records and allow justice-impacted individuals to seek employment opportunities and entrepreneurship. Individual state analyses of small business responses in Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas found widespread support for Clean Slate policies at the state and federal level.
