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| Bill | Nonprofit Corporations | Nonprofit Corporations; Conforms terminology for consistency with Model Nonprofit Corporation Act adopted by American Bar Association; aligns provisions with Florida Business Corporation Act; revises corporate powers; updates provisions on distributions, dividends, & board vacancies; revises who may answer DOS interrogatories; specifies acceptable methods of written notice; requires officers to act in good faith, with reasonable care, & in corporation’s best interests; establishes requirements for judicial removal of directors; provides construction; allows board actions to satisfy meeting & voting requirements if no members exist; removes affiliate chapter registration requirement; ensures equal member rights & obligations; authorizes board to admit members for consideration & set payment terms; permits membership termination per terms; prohibits corporation from being its own member; allows fines or penalties if authorized; permits certain nonprofits to purchase membership interests; sets rules for buying interests of resigned or terminated members; revises meeting procedures & special meeting requirements; provides proxy voting rules & effects of incapacity; revises remote participation provisions; updates board composition, election, & term rules; grants liability immunity to all officers & directors; authorizes eligible mergers; requires statements for property held for charitable purposes. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | HB 797 | Florida HB 797 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-168 |
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4 | 45 | 5 | 2025-12-17 | 2026-06-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/58f67ad3-227a-4282-8936-3247b13e15b5 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/ByCategory | 2231c156eb7ba13c81506dac0cf3c558ef9f17d9572828e2c3eafe5317d04fca | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 797 (2026) — Nonprofit Corporations
Nonprofit Corporations; Conforms terminology for consistency with Model Nonprofit Corporation Act adopted by American Bar Association; aligns provisions with Florida Business Corporation Act; revises corporate powers; updates provisions on distributions, dividends, & board vacancies; revises who may answer DOS interrogatories; specifies acceptable methods of written notice; requires officers to act in good faith, with reasonable care, & in corporation’s best interests; establishes requirements for judicial removal of directors; provides construction; allows board actions to satisfy meeting & voting requirements if no members exist; removes affiliate chapter registration requirement; ensures equal member rights & obligations; authorizes board to admit members for consideration & set payment terms; permits membership termination per terms; prohibits corporation from being its own member; allows fines or penalties if authorized; permits certain nonprofits to purchase membership interests; sets rules for buying interests of resigned or terminated members; revises meeting procedures & special meeting requirements; provides proxy voting rules & effects of incapacity; revises remote participation provisions; updates board composition, election, & term rules; grants liability immunity to all officers & directors; authorizes eligible mergers; requires statements for property held for charitable purposes.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-168.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 797 Filed (filed) — source
- H 797 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 797 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 797 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Tuck — primary (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-17 Filed
filing - 2026-01-05 Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-05 Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-05 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2026-01-05 Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- 2026-01-12 Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
- 2026-01-13 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2026-01-14 Favorable by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-15 Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- 2026-01-15 Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- 2026-01-16 Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- 2026-01-21 Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-22 Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- 2026-01-23 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-01-23 CS Filed
filing - 2026-01-23 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2026-01-26 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Now in Commerce Committee
- 2026-02-06 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- 2026-02-10 Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-11 Reported out of Commerce Committee
- 2026-02-11 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-02-11 CS Filed
filing - 2026-02-11 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2026-02-12 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2026-02-12 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2026-02-19 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- 2026-02-25 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-02-25 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-02-25 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-02-25 In Messages
- 2026-02-26 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Received
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2026-03-04 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-03-04 Substituted for CS/SB 554
- 2026-03-04 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-04 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-04 In Messages
- 2026-03-04 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2026-06-15 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-06-25 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-06-26 Chapter No. 2026-168
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58f67ad3-227a-4282-8936-3247b13e15b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).