---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Organizations"
description: "Business Organizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1009"
citation: "Florida HB 1009 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["business organizations", "banks and banking", "crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-90"
primary_sponsors: ["Byrd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6259bfd8-460d-44a8-a7de-820e15f3dddc"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1009/ByCategory"
source_hash: "fe820aef181fb2c4ff7956508a8472e7174910daa22b647f5903a7809b8c96f6"
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 1009 (2019) — Business Organizations

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-90.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1009 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1009/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1009 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1009/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1009 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1009/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1009 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1009/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1009 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1009/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Byrd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 101,104 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced -HJ 101,104 `introduction`
- **2019-03-21** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/25/19, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-25** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-26** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-26** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-27** Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee
- **2019-03-27** CS referred to Judiciary Committee
- **2019-03-27** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2019-04-12** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/16/19, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-04-16** CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-18** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
- **2019-04-18** CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time -HJ 810,814 `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment(s) adopted (188061, 369331, 545745)
- **2019-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time -HJ 860, 864 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 111 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** In Messages
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-04-29** Withdrawn from Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-29** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 892
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-90

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6259bfd8-460d-44a8-a7de-820e15f3dddc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).