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S. 1042Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

One Stop Shop for Small Business Licensing Act of 2023

Sponsored by Jacky RosenSen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
Introduced March 29, 2023

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The bill directs the Small Business Administration’s Office of Entrepreneurship Education to create and maintain a public website that lists all federal, state, and local permitting and licensing requirements for small businesses. The site must be organized by the business’s location and type, helping small‑business owners find the information they need in one place.

Key Provisions

  • The SBA director must establish the website within one year of the law’s enactment and keep it up to date.
  • The website must provide comprehensive information on permitting and licensing requirements at federal, state, and local levels, organized by business location and type.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

March 29, 2023

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March 29, 2023

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

March 29, 2023

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Introduced in SenateIssued March 29, 2023

II

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1042

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 29, 2023

Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

A BILL

To require the Director of the Office of Entrepreneurship Education of the Small Business Administration to establish and maintain a website regarding small business permitting and licensing requirements, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the One Stop Shop for Small Business Licensing Act of 2023.

2.

Centralized website for business permit and licensing requirements

(a)

Definitions

In this section—

(1)

the term Director means the Director of the Office of Entrepreneurship Education of the Small Business Administration; and

(2)

the term small business concern has the meaning given the term in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)).

(b)

Website

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish, and thereafter the Director shall maintain, a publicly available website that provides information regarding Federal, State, and local business permitting and licensing requirements with respect to the operation of a small business concern, which shall be organized based on the location and type of small business concern.