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Prove It Act

Introduced: October 6, 2025 Introduced by: Finstad, Brad Republican · Minnesota See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps

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Passed Senate

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Became law

May 4, 2026

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-108, Part II.

May 4, 2026

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 552.

May 21, 2025

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 12.

May 21, 2025

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-108, Part I.

May 21, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Apr 30, 2025

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 11.

Apr 30, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Feb 10, 2025

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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.

Feb 10, 2025

Introduced in House

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Prove It Act of 2025

This bill expands the requirements for federal agency rulemaking with respect to small businesses, organizations, and governmental jurisdictions.

Specifically, when conducting an initial regulatory flexibility analysis, agencies must include, where feasible, any reasonably foreseeable indirect costs the proposed rule may impose on small entities.

Further, if an agency certifies that an initial regulatory flexibility analysis is not required because the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the agency must provide such certification within 10 days to the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. A small entity or group of small entities may petition the Office of Advocacy to review such certification. The petition must include specified information, such as the issues the petitioner believes should be addressed and a proposed solution to the issues raised.

If the Office of Advocacy ultimately determines, upon a full review of the petition, that the proposed rule would have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the agency promulgating the rule must perform an initial and final regulatory flexibility analysis for the rule. Additionally, if the agency does not participate or assist in the full review process, the finalized rule shall not apply to small entities.

The bill also requires agencies to publish, and allow for comments on, all guidance documents with respect to any rule an agency determines is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

What's happening now May 4, 2026

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 552.

Hearings & markups 3

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Markup May 21, 2025 · 10:00 AM EDT · Judiciary Committee
Various Measures
Markup Apr 30, 2025 · 9:45 AM EDT · Small Business Committee
The Golden Age: Unleashing Main Street Through Deregulation
Hearing Apr 1, 2025 · 10:00 AM EDT · Small Business Committee

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 2 versions

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Small Business Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 73

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