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Small Business Administration: 55 rules and proposed rules since January 2024

34 final rules and 21 proposed rules since January 19, 2024, 18 of them marked significant. 1 is open for comment now. Common topics: small businesses, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, administrative practice and procedure, loan programs-business, government procurement.

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Open for comment

DocumentTypeComments due
Small Business Size Standards
2026-19546
Proposed ruleNov 20

Every document, newest first

DocumentTypePublished
Removing Constitutional Concerns From SBA Programs
2026-19878
Final ruleSep 29
Small Business Size Standards
2026-19546
Proposed ruleSep 24
Rescinding Unnecessary Notice and Comment Procedures
2026-17731
Final ruleAug 31
Small Business Size Standards
2026-17042
Proposed ruleAug 20
Small Business Size Standards: Revised Size Standards Methodology
2026-17039
Proposed ruleAug 20
Reforms to 13 CFR 124.103 To Remove SBA's 8(a) Program's Rebuttable Presumption of Social Disadvantage for Individually Owned Firms Only. Reforms Do Not Impact Entity-Owned Firms
2026-16370
Final ruleAug 11
Reforms To Remove SBA's 8(a) Program's Rebuttable Presumption of Social Disadvantage for Individually Owned Firms Only; Reforms Do Not Impact Entity-Owned Firms
2026-11765
Proposed ruleJun 11
Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
2026-10817
Proposed ruleMay 29
Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act Regulations Statutory Updates
2026-05459
Final ruleMar 19
7(a) Alternative Base Rate Options
2026-02660
Final ruleFeb 10
Improving SBA Disaster Loan Ability To Provide Meaningful and Timely Assistance
2026-01797
Final ruleJan 29
Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Regulatory Amendments
2026-00173 · significant
Final ruleJan 8
Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Regulatory Amendments
2025-24232 · significant
Final ruleJan 2
Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Accrual Regulatory Amendments
2025-22055
Final ruleDec 5, 2025
Tribal Consultation for SBA's Office of Manufacturing and Trade and Other Small Business Programs and Services Offered by the Agency, With a Focus on SBA's Ongoing Manufacturing, Onshoring and Export Initiatives To Encourage Small Businesses Going Global
2025-18807
Proposed ruleSep 29, 2025
Small Business Size Standards: Monetary-Based Industry Size Standards
2025-16142 · significant
Proposed ruleAug 22, 2025
Tribal Consultation for SBA's Office of Capital Access and Access to All Agency Financial Assistance, Contracting, Business Counseling and Technical Assistance Programs, Identifying Issues and Best Practices
2025-15704
Proposed ruleAug 18, 2025
Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Regulatory Amendments
2025-12584 · significant
Proposed ruleJul 7, 2025
HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications, and Clarifications to Other Small Business Programs; Correction
2025-10156 · significant
Final ruleJun 4, 2025
Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustments
2025-09833
Final ruleJun 3, 2025
Tribal Consultation for 8(a) Business Development Program and Mentor-Protégé Program Issues and Best Practices
2025-08294
Proposed ruleMay 12, 2025
HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications, and Clarifications to Other Small Business Programs; Correction
2025-02741 · significant
Final ruleFeb 18, 2025
Government Contracting: Subcontracting Program
2024-29267 · significant
Proposed ruleDec 19, 2024
ALP Express Pilot to Permanent Status
2024-29706
Final ruleDec 18, 2024
HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications, and Clarifications to Other Small Business Programs
2024-29393 · significant
Final ruleDec 17, 2024
Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program Updates and Clarifications
2024-28200
Final ruleDec 4, 2024
Disaster Assistance Loan Program Updates
2024-27028
Final ruleNov 20, 2024
Surety Bond Guarantee Program: Streamlining and Modernizing
2024-26831
Proposed ruleNov 19, 2024
Small Business Contracting: Increasing Small Business Participation on Multiple Award Contracts
2024-24716 · significant
Proposed ruleOct 25, 2024
ALP Express Pilot to Permanent Status
2024-24753
Proposed ruleOct 24, 2024
504 Debt Refinancing
2024-22040 · significant
Final ruleOct 1, 2024
Clarification to HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications and Potential Reforms
2024-21362
Proposed ruleSep 19, 2024
Small Business Size Standards: Revised Size Standards Methodology
2024-20228
Final ruleSep 12, 2024
Tribal Consultation for HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications and Potential Reforms
2024-19859
Proposed ruleSep 6, 2024
HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications, and Clarifications to Other Small Business Programs
2024-18325 · significant
Proposed ruleAug 23, 2024
Business Loan Program Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Program-Extension of Lender Records Retention Requirements
2024-18083 · significant
Final ruleAug 23, 2024
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
2024-16463
Proposed ruleAug 16, 2024
Small Business Lending Company Application Process
2024-17644 · significant
Final ruleAug 9, 2024
Clarification To Direct Final Rule on Eliminating Self-Certification for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
2024-16961
Final ruleAug 1, 2024
Disaster Assistance Loan Program Changes to Unsecured Loan Amounts and Credit Elsewhere Criteria
2024-16207
Final ruleJul 24, 2024
Tribal Consultation for HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications and Potential Reforms Under Executive Order 14112
2024-16011
Proposed ruleJul 22, 2024
7(a) Working Capital Pilot Program
2024-15313
Final ruleJul 15, 2024
Eliminating Self-Certification for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
2024-12252
Final ruleJun 6, 2024
Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustments
2024-12282
Final ruleJun 5, 2024
Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program Updates and Clarifications
2024-10518
Proposed ruleMay 16, 2024
Microloan Program; Changes to the Microloan Program Under the Economic Aid To Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act
2024-09520
Final ruleMay 2, 2024
Criminal Justice Reviews for the SBA Business Loan Programs, Disaster Loan Programs, and Surety Bond Guaranty Program
2024-09009 · significant
Final ruleApr 30, 2024
Ownership and Control and Contractual Assistance Requirement for the 8(a) Business Development Program; Correction
2024-05977 · significant
Final ruleMar 28, 2024
SBA Reinvestor (“Fund-of-Funds”) Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) License Educational Public Webinar
2024-05266
Final ruleMar 13, 2024
Small Business Development Centers; Correction
2024-05146
Final ruleMar 12, 2024
Providing Discretion To Extend Women-Owned Small Business Program Recertification Where Appropriate
2024-04854
Final ruleMar 7, 2024
Small Business Size Standards: Adjustment of Alternative Size Standard for SBA's 7(a) and CDC/504 Loan Programs for Inflation; and Surety Bond Limits: Adjustments for Inflation
2024-02776 · significant
Final ruleFeb 15, 2024
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
2024-00460
Proposed ruleFeb 9, 2024
Small Business Investment Company Investment Diversification and Growth; Technical Amendments and Clarifications; Correction
2024-01629 · significant
Final ruleJan 29, 2024
Small Business Investment Company Investment Diversification and Growth; Technical Amendments and Clarifications
2024-00559 · significant
Final ruleJan 19, 2024

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