---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Business Entities"
description: "Florida Business Entities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1285"
citation: "Florida HB 1285 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["corporations", "guardians and guardianship", "economic development", "forestry", "financial institutions", "popular names"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-139"
primary_sponsors: ["Albritton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-07"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1900c1de-fb34-4d1a-91fd-0d5f5c2b3cc5"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01285/ByCategory"
source_hash: "537e078c38135bea5b360b06f701126834722a2e878642ea10d8dfe6931cf897"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 1285 (2018) — Florida Business Entities

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-139.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1285 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1285/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1285 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1285/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 1285 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1285/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Careers & Competition Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **27–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albritton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Careers and Competition Subcommittee, 01/23/18, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-23** Favorable by Careers and Competition Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-23** Now in Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee
- **2018-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-30** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2018-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/08/18, 10:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2018-02-08** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 27 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Received
- **2018-03-05** Withdrawn from Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-05** Substituted for SB 1028
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (381798)
- **2018-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-06** In returning messages
- **2018-03-09** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (381798) -HJ 1203, 1207
- **2018-03-09** Passed as amended; YEAS 100 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-09** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-02** Chapter No. 2018-139

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1900c1de-fb34-4d1a-91fd-0d5f5c2b3cc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).