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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nonprofit Corporations"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 797"
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citation: "Florida HB 797 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["real and personal property", "social welfare", "veterans"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-168"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tuck"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-12-17"
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last_action: "2026-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58f67ad3-227a-4282-8936-3247b13e15b5"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "2231c156eb7ba13c81506dac0cf3c558ef9f17d9572828e2c3eafe5317d04fca"
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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 797 (2026) — Nonprofit Corporations
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-168.
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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 797 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 797 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 797 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 797 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
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- Tuck — primary (person)
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- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-17** Filed `filing`
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- **2026-01-05** Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-05** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-05** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-05** Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-12** Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2026-01-14** Favorable by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-15** Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-15** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-16** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-01-21** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-22** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2026-01-23** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2026-01-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-26** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Now in Commerce Committee
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- **2026-02-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
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- **2026-02-10** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-11** Reported out of Commerce Committee
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- **2026-02-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2026-02-11** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-12** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2026-02-12** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
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- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** In Messages
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- **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2026-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 554
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- **2026-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** In Messages
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- **2026-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-26** Chapter No. 2026-168
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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/58f67ad3-227a-4282-8936-3247b13e15b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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