The Bill
Colorado's 6th District congressman sided with both parties on a rare bipartisan win.
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO-6) voted yes on Wednesday, June 24 to pass the Small Business Technological Advancement Act, a bill that would allow small businesses to use federal Small Business Administration loans to pay for software and cloud computing services — including tools powered by artificial intelligence.
The bill passed the House floor with broad support from both sides of the aisle.
Right now, the SBA's 7(a) loan program — the agency's main lending tool for small businesses — doesn't explicitly cover business software or cloud-based services. This bill would change that, letting small businesses use those loans to pay for things like payroll software, accounting tools, inventory tracking, and AI-powered business platforms.
The bill was introduced in February 2025 by Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO-4) and cleared the House Small Business Committee 23-0 before reaching the floor.
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The Vote Breakdown
The congressional voting record shows near-unanimous support. Of the 208 Democrats who voted, all voted yes. On the Republican side, 205 voted yes and just four voted no. The bill passed under a procedure requiring a two-thirds majority.
Crow did not break with his party on this House vote on small business technology. He has missed three votes this congressional session.
Crow has served Colorado's 6th District since 2019 and sits on caucuses focused on small business, technology, and economic issues. The Small Business Tech Act floor vote marks one of the more bipartisan moments of the current session.
The bill now moves to the Senate, where an identical companion bill, S.305, was introduced earlier in the Congress.
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