Congress expands apprenticeship support through small business centers
S. 3832 — Small Business Workforce Pipeline Act of 2026 · Filed by Jacky Rosen (D-NV) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Feb 11, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill amends the Small Business Act to require Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) to provide information and assistance to small businesses on how to establish and improve apprenticeship programs, pre-apprenticeship programs, work-based learning opportunities, and job training programs. SBDCs will disseminate relevant information from the Department of Labor and other federal agencies to help small businesses connect with and develop these workforce development pathways.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is a straightforward mandate to expand Small Business Development Center services to include apprenticeship and training program assistance. It is a public-sector capacity-building measure with no hidden carve-outs or narrow beneficiaries.
What the text implies
- SBDCs will require additional resources and staff training to deliver apprenticeship program assistance effectively; implementation depends on appropriations and SBDC capacity.
- The bill references the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act and the National Apprenticeship Act but does not fund new programs—it redirects existing SBDC advisory capacity toward apprenticeship promotion.
- Success depends on coordination between SBDCs, the Department of Labor, and registered apprenticeship programs; no enforcement mechanism or performance metrics are specified in the bill.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill expands access to apprenticeship and workforce development information for small businesses, which can create more skilled job opportunities and career pathways for workers. Small business owners gain federal support in establishing training programs, reducing barriers to workforce development and potentially increasing employment quality and opportunity.
Named in the bill
Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs), Small Business Administration (SBA), Department of Labor, Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, National Apprenticeship Act (August 16, 1937)
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Feb 11, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Feb 11, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. Those filings disclosed $50,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 2 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Jacky Rosen, the sponsor, reported $207,550 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle. $4,500 of that came from 1 PAC tied to these lobbying clients.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated — $50,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jan 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,310 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jan 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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