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type: "Bill"
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title: "Florida Business Entities"
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description: "Florida Business Entities"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 1285"
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citation: "Florida HB 1285 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["corporations", "guardians and guardianship", "economic development", "forestry", "financial institutions", "popular names"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2018-139"
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primary_sponsors: ["Albritton"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-07"
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last_action: "2018-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1900c1de-fb34-4d1a-91fd-0d5f5c2b3cc5"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01285/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "537e078c38135bea5b360b06f701126834722a2e878642ea10d8dfe6931cf897"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 1285 (2018) — Florida Business Entities
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-139.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 1285 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1285/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 1285 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1285/BillText/e1/PDF)
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3. **H 1285 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1285/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Careers & Competition Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Albritton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-07** Filed `filing`
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- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2018-01-12** Referred to Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Careers and Competition Subcommittee, 01/23/18, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
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- **2018-01-23** Favorable by Careers and Competition Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-01-23** Now in Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee
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- **2018-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
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- **2018-01-30** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-01-30** Now in Commerce Committee
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- **2018-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/08/18, 10:00 am, Webster Hall
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- **2018-02-08** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 27 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
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- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-01** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
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- **2018-03-01** In Messages
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- **2018-03-01** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-01** Received
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- **2018-03-05** Withdrawn from Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2018-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2018-03-05** Substituted for SB 1028
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- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (381798)
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- **2018-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-06** Passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
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- **2018-03-06** In returning messages
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- **2018-03-09** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (381798) -HJ 1203, 1207
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- **2018-03-09** Passed as amended; YEAS 100 NAYS 0
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- **2018-03-09** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2018-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-04-02** Chapter No. 2018-139
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## Source
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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).
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