House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Business over Ballots Act
Official title: To limit the authority of the Small Business Administration to facilitate access to voter registration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Roger Williams R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2025
- Committee actionApr 30, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 11.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2968.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2968, Business over Ballots Act” on August 18, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on April 30, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61686
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2968, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2968
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 22, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 67, April 17, 2025, Page H1614):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2968, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2968
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 22, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
826e3a79c1701d6ce6a3a7ff35b99bde31bda35449c091745096fd4aff341887
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of October 22, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2968, last updated October 22, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
15 cosponsors — 15 Republicans
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Troy Downing (R-MT), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Russell Fry (R-SC), Brian Jack (R-GA), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Tony Wied (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Roger Williams.
- H.R. 5100 (119th) To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3174 (119th) Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act
- H.R. 1642 (119th) Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
- H.R. 5763 (119th) Main Street Parity Act
- H.R. 826 (119th) COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026
- H.R. 1549 (119th) China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.