HR 2225 — Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-03-18
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsors
- Scott, David (D, GA-13) — cosponsor
- Strickland, Marilyn (D, WA-10) — cosponsor
- Huizenga, Bill (R, MI-4) — cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D, MO-5) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (5)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | THORN RUN PARTNERS | SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE (SBIA) | $20,000 | H.R.2225 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | COALITION FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | $90,000 | HR2225 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | ARES MANAGEMENT, FORMERLY REPORTED AS, ARES MANAGEMENT LLC | $80,000 | HR2225 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION | SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION | — | H.R. 2225 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | ADVANCED POLICY CONSULTING, LLC | INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE (ICI) | $20,000 | HR 2225 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- · H12410 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 96.
- · H12200 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-126.
- · 5000 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-126.
- · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2868)
- · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2868)
- · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2225.
- · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2868-2869)
- · H30300 — Mrs. Wagner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-03-18 — open
- Reported in House · 2025-06-03 — open
- Engrossed in House · 2025-06-23 — open
- Referred in Senate · 2025-06-24 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (9)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Scott, David | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Strickland, Marilyn | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Huizenga, Bill | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cleaver, Emanuel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | ARES MANAGEMENT, FORMERLY REPORTED AS, ARES MANAGEMENT LLC | lobbies_on_bill | — | HR2225 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 2225 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | COALITION FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | lobbies_on_bill | — | HR2225 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE (SBIA) | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.2225 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE (ICI) | lobbies_on_bill | — | HR 2225 | lobbying_bill_mention |
Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | — | congress-committee | |
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Financial Services Committee | — | congress-committee |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huizenga, Bill (R, house MI-4) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 2 | Cleaver, Emanuel (D, house MO-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Scott, David (D, house GA-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Strickland, Marilyn (D, house WA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COALITION FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | 1 | $90,000 | 0 | $0 | $90,000 |
| 2 | ARES MANAGEMENT, FORMERLY REPORTED AS, ARES MANAGEMENT LLC | 1 | $80,000 | 0 | $0 | $80,000 |
| 3 | INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE (ICI) | 1 | $20,000 | 0 | $0 | $20,000 |
| 4 | SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE (SBIA) | 1 | $20,000 | 0 | $0 | $20,000 |
| 5 | self | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,750 | $3,750 |
| 6 | thegroup | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 7 | incite.org | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 8 | becu | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2,580 | $2,580 |
| 9 | sound credit union | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2,515 | $2,515 |
| 10 | gowest credit union association | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2,250 | $2,250 |
| 11 | retired | 0 | $0 | 11 | $1,975 | $1,975 |
| 12 | none | 0 | $0 | 19 | $1,607 | $1,607 |
| 13 | tension corp. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 14 | farhat group inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,200 | $1,200 |
| 15 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 12 | $930 | $930 |
| 16 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 3 | $540 | $540 |
| 17 | tapco credit union | 0 | $0 | 1 | $516 | $516 |
| 18 | monument advocacy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 19 | arnold & porter | 0 | $0 | 1 | $300 | $300 |
| 20 | t-mobile | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 21 | capitol hill consulting group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 22 | ee overton | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 23 | sound transit | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 24 | saint martin's university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 25 | state of washington | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
4 predicted yes (1%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 536 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 3 yes / 0 no / 260 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
4 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D · house · MO-5) · cosponsor
- Huizenga, Bill (R · house · MI-4) · cosponsor
- Scott, David (D · house · GA-13) · cosponsor
- Strickland, Marilyn (D · house · WA-10) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cleaver, Emanuel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Huizenga, Bill (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Scott, David (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Strickland, Marilyn (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE (ICI) (hr 2225) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by ARES MANAGEMENT, FORMERLY REPORTED AS, ARES MANAGEMENT LLC (hr2225) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION (h.r. 2225) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by COALITION FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (hr2225) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE (SBIA) (h.r.2225) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · congress-committee
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Financial Services Committee · congress-committee