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Nonprofit Corporations; Renaming the “Florida Not For Profit Corporation Act” as the “Florida Nonprofit Corporation Act”; revising the circumstances in which a domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed with the department; requiring all courts, public offices, and official bodies to receive all certificates issued by the department as prima facie evidence of certain facts; authorizing a corporation to register under a name that is not otherwise distinguishable on the records of the department under certain circumstances; prohibiting a corporation from paying any dividend and making distributions of any part of its net income or net earnings to its members, directors, or officers, etc.
Latest development · Mar 4, 2026
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 797 (Ch. 2026-168)
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Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 797 (Ch. 2026-168)
Substituted CS/CS/HB 797
Read 2nd time
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
Now in Fiscal Policy
Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
Now in Judiciary
Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/21/26, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
Introduced
Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
Filed
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