House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Small Business Succession Planning Act

H.R. 5939Introduced Oct 12, 2023Policy area: Commerce

Where it went

IntroducedOct 12, 2023
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 25, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5939.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CROW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 167, October 12, 2023, Page H5008):
This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program to encourage small business concerns to make business sucession plans, and for other purposes.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2023 ↗
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat

1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jason Crow.

Related bills

H.R. 9051 (119th) Small Business Succession Planning Act
Cross-Congress related bill

Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.

Sponsor’s state and district

Colorado in Congress · CO-6 district

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.