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Starbucks Corporation ($SBUX)

$104.65 0.3% (7d)

NYSE/NASDAQ: SBUX

Washington Intelligence

6

Active Bills

0

Gov't Contracts

50

Congressional Trades

Starbucks is a publicly traded company in the Consumer sector. This company's performance is influenced by Congressional trade policy, tariff decisions, consumer protection regulations, and tax legislation affecting discretionary spending. HillSignal is tracking 6 active Congressional signals mentioning Starbucks, including 6 bills. The legislative sentiment is currently mixed, with both supportive and challenging policy signals in play.

Congressional Trades in $SBUX

50 filings
Alan Armstrong
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock

⚠️ PRESIDENTIAL ACTION: Presidential Memorandum signed 7/30/2026: "Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended". This DPA action will boost investment and production in domestic critical mineral recycling and processing, likely increasing stock valuations for pure-play recovery companies and defense contractors reliant on secure rare-earth magnet supplies, while potentially raising costs for import-dependent manufacturers.

2026-07-21
4 flags
Rohit Khanna
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN

⚠️ SEC 8-K FILING: WESTERN DIGITAL CORP filed 2026-05-28: "8-K: WESTERN DIGITAL CORP — Officer Departure / Appointment"

2026-05-11
7 flags
James E Hon Banks
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

Rep. Banks sold $1K-$15K in SBUX on Apr 15, 2026 — 62 days after the HILTON Act (HR7551) was introduced. The bill would ban federal contracts with companies that discriminate, but the trade's coherence is neutral, meaning the bill's impact on Starbucks is unclear.

2026-04-20
1 flag
Ro Khanna
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No overlapping signals found

2026-04-09
1 flag
Rohit KhannaD-CA
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP CMN

System: No valid trades to analyze

2026-04-07
1 flag
Shelley Moore Capito
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No overlapping signals found

2026-02-05
1 flag
Sheldon Whitehouse
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No overlapping signals found

2026-02-04
1 flag
Dan NewhouseR-WA
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock

Dan Newhouse bought $1,001 - $15,000 in BX (Blackstone Inc. Common Stock) on 2025-12-11 — 4 days before HR3383 ("Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025") was introduced, a bill directly increasing capital access for private equity firms.

2026-01-15
5 flags
Rohit KhannaD-CA
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2026-01-06
1 flag
Rohit KhannaD-CA
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-12-08
1 flag
Ro Khanna
SELL $15,001 - $50,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-11-14
1 flag
Valerie HoyleD-OR
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-10-10
1 flag
Sheri BiggsR-SC
SELL $15,001 - $50,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-10-05
1 flag
Ro Khanna
BUY $15,001 - $50,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-10-03
1 flag
Rohit KhannaD-CA
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-10-03
1 flag
Ro Khanna
SELL $15,001 - $50,000 — Starbucks Corp
BUY $1,000 - $15,000 — SBUX

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-09-12
1 flag
Lisa McClainR-MI
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-08-13
1 flag
James E Hon Banks
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-08-10
1 flag
Scott Mr Franklin
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-07-04
1 flag
Scott Scott FranklinR-FL
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX) [ST]
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX) [ST]

Representative Franklin bought $1,001 - $15,000 in AMGN on 2024-08-07, 245 days before the BRAIN Act (HR2767) was introduced, a bill aiming to increase research for brain tumor treatment.

2025-07-03
5 flags
Dan NewhouseR-WA
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)

Dan Newhouse sold $1,001 - $15,000 in AAPL on 2025-04-11, 19 days before the Uyghur Policy Act of 2025 (S1542) was introduced, a bill mandating increased supply chain scrutiny for companies operating in Xinjiang.

2025-05-16
5 flags
Josh GottheimerD-NJ
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-05-14
1 flag
Bruce Westerman
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-05-13
1 flag
Sheldon Whitehouse
SELL $15,001 - $50,000 — Starbucks Corp
SELL $15,001 - $50,000 — Starbucks Corp
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-05-13
1 flag
Bruce WestermanR-AR
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX) [ST]

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-05-12
1 flag
Jared Moskowitz
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp (1)

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-05-12
1 flag
Jared MoskowitzD-FL
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-05-09
1 flag
Marjorie Taylor Greene
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-05-07
1 flag
Marjorie Taylor GreeneR-GA
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-05-06
1 flag
Bruce Westerman
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-04-17
1 flag
Bruce WestermanR-AR
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX) [ST]

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-04-16
1 flag
Susie LeeD-NV
SELL $15,001 - $50,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX) [ST]

Susie Lee sold $15,001 - $50,000 in SBUX on March 14, 2025 — 17 days BEFORE the Sarah Katz Caffeine Safety Act (HR2511) was introduced, a bill that could increase operational costs for beverage companies.

2025-04-11
2 flags
Rohit KhannaD-CA
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-03-06
1 flag
Josh GottheimerD-NJ
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common

Josh Gottheimer sold $1,001 - $15,000 in AAPL on 2025-02-03, 2 days before the 'No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act' (S409) was introduced, a bill that could increase tax burdens on multinational corporations.

2025-03-06
5 flags
Rohit KhannaD-CA
BUY $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2025-01-08
1 flag
Sheldon Whitehouse
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2024-11-07
1 flag
Ro Khanna
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp
SELL $15,001 - $50,000 — Starbucks Corp
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp
SELL $15,001 - $50,000 — Starbucks Corp
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2024-10-08
1 flag
Rohit KhannaD-CA
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2024-10-04
1 flag
Markwayne Mullin
SELL $15,001 - $50,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2024-09-19
1 flag
Josh GottheimerD-NJ
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)

Rep. Gottheimer bought and sold $15K-$50K in MSFT on August 12, 2024 — 14 days before Deloitte & Touche secured a $66.8M VA cybersecurity contract. While Microsoft is not the direct contractor, the timing of both a buy and sell before a neutral-signal award is unusual.

2024-09-11
1 flag
Rohit KhannaD-CA
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2024-09-06
1 flag
Kathy ManningD-NC
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)

Rep. Manning sold $1K-$15K in PFE on Aug 9, 2024 — 50 days after a $19.6M HHS contract for mRNA research was awarded to Advanced Technology International. The contract is a neutral signal for biotech, and the trade size is small, making the timing coincidence notable but not strongly suspicious.

2024-09-04
1 flag
Jared MoskowitzD-FL
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX) [ST]

Rep. Moskowitz bought $1K-$15K in MSFT on Sep 1, 2023 — 335 days before a $150M SSA contract to Four Points Technology for AWS Connect services, which aligns with Microsoft's cloud ecosystem.

2024-08-21
3 flags
C. Scott FranklinR-FL
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)
SELL $100,001 - $250,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)
BUY $15,001 - $50,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)

Rep. Franklin bought $50K-$100K in ACN on Aug 7, 2024 — 19 days before Deloitte & Touche LLP secured a $66.8M Department of Veterans Affairs contract for cybersecurity transformation, a sector where Accenture competes.

2024-08-20
3 flags
Scott Mr Franklin
SELL $100,001 - $250,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock
BUY $15,001 - $50,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2024-08-20
1 flag
Rohit KhannaD-CA
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN
BUY $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2024-08-07
1 flag
Josh GottheimerD-NJ
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2024-07-09
1 flag
Richard W. AllenR-GA
SELL $15,001 - $50,000 — Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock (SBUX)

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2024-06-21
1 flag
Rohit KhannaD-CA
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — STARBUCKS CORP. CMN

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2024-06-05
1 flag
Thomas R. Carper
SELL $1,001 - $15,000 — Starbucks Corp

System: No suspicious timing patterns detected

2024-06-03
1 flag

📋 On the Inside — Form 4 Activity in $SBUX

SELLceo, International4d ago

BREWER BRADY sold $236K of $SBUX

2,229 shares @ $105.99

Form 4 →

Congressional Legislation Affecting Starbucks Corporation ($SBUX)

H.R. 6295, the Working for Tips Tax Relief Act of 2025, is an early-stage House bill proposing a permanent exclusion of up to $35,000 in reported tips from gross income for eligible service workers. Referred to Ways and Means in November 2025 with no subsequent action, the bill has extremely low near-term passage probability. For tipped-heavy QSR operators like Starbucks and Domino's, the bill could reduce turnover and improve labor availability if enacted, but current market prices reflect unrelated dynamics: SBUX surging 17.88% in 30 days on operational momentum, DPZ falling 8.31% in 7 days on broad market pressure. No actionable trading signal from this bill alone.

Starbucks barista income increases by up to ~$3,500/year after tax, potentially reducing turnover and improving labor stability.

HR6295

HR 6786 (Schedules That Work Act) is stuck in early committee stage with no movement in 132 days. It would raise labor costs for hourly shift workers at retailers, restaurants, and logistics operators, but passage probability is low in this Congress. MCD is already down 5.45% in 30 days on existing margin pressures; this bill adds a legislative tail risk but is not driving current price action.

Requires advanced schedule notice and shift-change premium pay; raises labor cost per hourly worker in retail food service by estimated 3-8%.

HR6786

The Sarah Katz Caffeine Safety Act (HR2511) imposes new caffeine labeling and menu disclosure requirements on beverage manufacturers and restaurant chains. The bill is in early committee stage with no markup scheduled—near-term market impact is minimal. Pure-play energy drink company $MNST faces the highest relative compliance cost burden, while $SBUX faces menu redesign costs. Diversified giants $KO and $PEP have negligible relative impact.

Requires updated digital and printed menus across all company-operated and licensed locations; estimated compliance cost of $10,000-$50,000 per chain for menu redesign, printing, and digital updates

HR2511

HILTON Act

NEUTRAL

The HILTON Act (HR7551) is an early-stage bill referred to committee that would ban federal agencies from contracting with companies that discriminate against federal law enforcement officers. It authorizes zero funding and has a long legislative path ahead. Market impact is negligible — federal contract revenue is a low-single-digit percentage for all affected tickers. Recent price moves in $CAR (-59% 7-day), $HLT (-3.44%), $MAR (-1.45%), and $IHG (-1.1%) are driven by company-specific fundamentals, not this bill.

Potential exclusion from federal food service contracts if Starbucks maintains a policy permitting refusal of service to federal law enforcement based on official duty

HR7551

The Unemployment Integrity Act of 2025 (HR1119) is an early-stage bill referred to committee in February 2025 with zero near-term market impact. Recent price action in $KFRC (+39% in 7 days, +54% in 30 days) predates any legislative progress and is driven by unrelated factors. The bill creates a modest structural tailwind for staffing firms and a mild headwind for consumer discretionary, but current moves are noise.

HR1119

The 'Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act' (S3265) proposes to double the maximum WOTC from $2,400 to $6,000 per eligible hire and extend the program through 2030. Staffing firms ($KFRC, $MAN, $RHI) and high-turnover employers ($TGT, $WMT, $MCD, $SBUX) are structurally positioned to benefit from reduced labor costs. Kforce Inc. has already priced in significant momentum, surging +58.37% in the last 30 days to $46.72, approaching its 52-week high.

Per-hire savings of up to $6,000. With 50,000–70,000 annual new hires and 20–30% eligibility, savings could reach $10M–$20M annually. This directly reduces store-level labor costs in a period of unionization-driven wage increases.

S3265

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