FloridaNonprofit Corporations
What it does
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 4Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 797 (Ch. 2026-168)Latest
- Mar 4Substituted CS/CS/HB 797
- Mar 4Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 2Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
- Feb 19CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
- Feb 19Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Feb 18Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- Feb 13On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Feb 11Now in Fiscal Policy
- Feb 10Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0Minor
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 21Now in Judiciary
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 10 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 16On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/21/26, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- 2025
- Dec 9Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Fiscal PolicyMinor
- Nov 18FiledIntroduced