# Florida HB 797: Nonprofit Corporations Florida HB 797, Nonprofit Corporations, is a 2026 House bill sponsored by Kaylee Tuck (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-06-26 (Chapter No. 2026-168) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB797-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Florida HB 797 - State: Florida - Session: 2026 - Title: Nonprofit Corporations - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-12-17 - Last action: 2026-06-26, Chapter No. 2026-168 - Sponsor: Kaylee Tuck (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Appropriation, Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee, Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee, Commerce Committee, House Calendar, Rules - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (150 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 88 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Homeowner associations must disclose conflicts, reject kickbacks: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, homeowners' associations must follow conflict rules for deals with directors or entities they lead or financially own. Required disclosures go in meeting minutes; deals with affiliated homeowners' associations are exempt. Officers, directors, and managers cannot knowingly se… - Liability shields for nonprofit board leaders: benefit, low. Nonprofit directors and qualifying officers have protection from personal money-damage claims for actions taken in their corporate roles. Officers qualify only when unpaid except for reimbursement of actual expenses. Protection does not cover duty breaches meeting listed exceptions, including crimi… - Nonprofit members can appoint electronic proxies: benefit, low. Voting members or their authorized representatives can appoint proxies through authorized signed records, including electronic or fax records. Appointments take effect upon receipt by the designated election official; complete copies can replace originals. They normally last 11 months; an expressly… - Nonprofit members can join meetings remotely: benefit, low. Boards can authorize remote participation for member classes, including their authorized representatives and proxies. Verified participants count as present and can vote, with reasonable chances to communicate and follow proceedings as they happen. The nonprofit must keep records of remote votes an… - Nonprofit members can request financial statements: benefit, low. Nonprofit members can request the latest annual balance sheet and statement of operations in writing. Available statements must be provided within 5 business days; statements prepared using generally accepted accounting principles must follow that basis. If statements are not ready, the nonprofit m… - Nonprofits can pay for services: benefit, low. Nonprofits can pay members, directors, officers, agents, and employees reasonable amounts for services they provide. They can give members benefits that fit the nonprofit's purpose. Payments when a nonprofit closes are allowed only when the governing law permits them. These permitted payments are n… - Unclaimed nonprofit payouts stay protected: benefit, low. Closing nonprofits must safeguard assets owed to creditors, claimants, members, or others who cannot be found or cannot legally receive them. They must deposit those assets with Florida's Department of Financial Services within 6 months after the final distribution payment date. Assets can first be… - Condo members can challenge conflicted deals: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, covered condo deals involving a director, officer, or relative must appear on the meeting agenda with documents attached. Required disclosures go in the minutes, and approval requires two-thirds of all other directors present. The deal must be disclosed at the next member me… - Membership rights for qualifying property owners: benefit, low. A nonprofit cannot deny membership to qualifying property owners when it was formed to benefit all owners in its stated area. Its articles must limit membership to owners within specific, measurable boundaries. Owners must follow the membership terms. Those terms can end membership when someone sto… - Charitable assets stay tied to their purpose: benefit, low. Mergers, conversions, and moves to another legal home cannot redirect charitable assets, except as Florida law allows. Dissolution also cannot redirect property held for public or charitable purposes. Gifts due after a merger, conversion, or move go to the surviving or resulting entity, and trust d… - Charitable mergers must retain nonprofit survivors: benefit, low. Florida corporations holding property for charitable purposes can merge only when the surviving entity is organized as a nonprofit. The survivor can be a Florida or out-of-state corporation or another eligible entity. Its governing law must permit the merger. - Nonprofit directors gain access to records: benefit, low. Nonprofit directors can inspect and copy corporate records at reasonable times when access relates to their duties. Access remains subject to their duties to the nonprofit and legal protections for confidential information. If access is refused, a circuit court can order it quickly at the nonprofit… - Labor unions can incorporate without hearings: benefit, low. Labor unions can incorporate under Florida nonprofit law without the former court approval, notice publication or posting, petition, and hearing process. Their articles must state why incorporation is necessary. At least five people must sign and acknowledge the articles. Each signer must swear to… - Independence rules for nonprofit board reviews: benefit, low. The law sets who counts as an independent director for specified nonprofit lawsuits, conflict-of-interest deals, and legal-protection decisions. Depending on the decision, directors must lack an interest in the outcome, a conflicting role, or close ties to disqualified people. Being a party to a la… - Narrow exception for older private foundations: benefit, low. A narrow group of corporations is exempt from specified private-foundation prohibited-activity rules. They must have been incorporated before January 1, 1970. They must also have received relief from the stated federal foundation requirements through a timely court proceeding. - Nonprofit moves preserve contracts and rights: benefit, low. For protected agreements still in effect immediately before a jurisdiction change, merger clauses that omit such changes also cover the move. That protection lasts until the clause is first amended after July 1, 2026. Before the move takes effect, people entitled to vote or consent retain those rig… - Nonprofits can join and manage entities: benefit, low. Florida nonprofits can help form corporations, joint ventures, and other entities. They can also serve as partners, members, associates, or managers of those entities. - Nonprofits gain clearer official certificate evidence: benefit, low. On request, Florida must issue status certificates for domestic nonprofits and authorization certificates for foreign nonprofits. Courts and public offices must accept chapter-issued certificates as evidence of stated facts, subject to contrary evidence. A certificate attached to a filed document c… - Nonprofits gain merger and donation options: benefit, low. Florida nonprofits can merge with eligible entities, including for-profit corporations and entities formed outside Florida. Mergers must follow the nonprofit law’s merger rules. Nonprofits can donate for public welfare, religious, charitable, scientific, literary, educational, or similar purposes.… - Nonprofits gain paths to change form: benefit, low. Florida nonprofits can convert into other eligible Florida entities or eligible out-of-state entities through the required conversion plan and approvals. Eligible entities can also convert into Florida nonprofits. Out-of-state conversions require the relevant jurisdiction's governing law to permit… - Older nonprofit agreements keep merger protections: benefit, low. Protected agreements include qualifying agreements in effect before July 1, 2026. When such an agreement remains in effect at conversion, its merger terms also apply to conversion if conversion is not mentioned. This treatment lasts until the relevant term is first amended after July 1, 2026. - Out-of-state nonprofits can update agents: benefit, low. Out-of-state nonprofits can report registered-office or agent changes through a change statement, annual report, or reinstatement application. A change statement takes effect when the Department of State files it; agents changing office names or addresses must first notify the corporation in writin… - Acting before nonprofit formation brings personal liability: cost, low. People who act for a nonprofit knowing it has not been incorporated are personally liable for obligations their actions create. Each responsible person can be required to pay the full obligation, not just a share. - Creditors can collect unpaid nonprofit member debts: cost, low. A nonprofit’s creditor can seek money a member already owes the nonprofit, not impose a general membership debt. Usually, the creditor must first win a final judgment and fail to collect all or part from the nonprofit. That collection step is unnecessary if it is useless. Other creditors can join,… - Nonprofit lawsuits require qualifying roles: cost, low. Directors, officers, and members suing on a corporation's behalf must hold that role when the case starts and when challenged conduct occurred. Members can also qualify through transfer or operation of law from someone who was a member then. For out-of-state corporations sued on their behalf in Flo… - Nonprofit members face buyout limits: cost, low. A nonprofit described in federal tax section 501(c)(3) cannot buy a member's membership interest or related rights. Other nonprofits can do so only when their articles or bylaws allow it. Purchases from resigning or terminated members must leave the nonprofit able to pay debts, with assets at least… - Nonprofits can charge authorized member dues: cost, low. Florida nonprofits can charge members dues, fees, and assessments when their articles or bylaws authorize them. Those documents can set charges and collection methods, or let the board or members decide them. They can also allow different charges by member or class, exemptions, and reasonable steps… - Leaving nonprofits must preserve lawsuit contact: cost, low. A foreign nonprofit withdrawing from Florida must file notice signed by an officer or director. It must provide mailing and email addresses and report later address changes. The notice ends its registered agent’s authority and appoints Florida’s Secretary of State to receive legal papers. This arra… - Corporate moves and mergers change filings: cost, low. An authorized out-of-state corporation's Florida certificate of authority is automatically canceled when its change of home jurisdiction takes effect. Limited liability companies can no longer use a nonprofit merger filing under section 617.1108 to skip their own merger-articles filing. The exempti… - Out-of-state nonprofits face court access limits: cost, low. Out-of-state nonprofits that fail registered-office and agent requirements cannot bring or continue Florida court cases until they comply and pay required amounts. Courts can pause cases and order penalties of $5 per day of noncompliance, capped at $500. The law also removes an express limit on Flo… - Property trusts lose one listed category: cost, low. The law removes the separate listing for an 'eleemosynary institution,' meaning a charitable institution, from a corporate property-holding rule. The rule concerns corporations holding legal title while listed groups hold beneficial interests. Nonprofit corporations and fraternal, benevolent, chari… - State claims can reach nonprofit property: cost, low. Corporations owning Florida real estate or mortgages must designate a registered agent and office. That designation alone does not establish that they do business in Florida. In covered subpoena-related enforcement, the Department of Legal Affairs can record a pending legal claim against corporate… - Emergency board powers can raise owner costs: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, cooperative and homeowners' association boards have listed powers during a declared emergency covering their area. Subject to applicable law and governing documents, boards can meet electronically, limit access, reduce damage, and, for cooperatives, require evacuation. Both… - Known creditors face nonprofit closing deadlines: mixed, low. A dissolved nonprofit or its successor can send known creditors written notice to resolve their claims. Notice must go out no later than 270 days before the third anniversary of dissolution. Creditors get at least 120 days after receiving notice to submit claims. After receiving a rejection, a cred… - Member lawsuits follow new nonprofit procedures: mixed, low. The law repeals the former nonprofit member derivative-action section and establishes a new process for suits brought for the corporation. The process requires verified pleadings, details about demands and refusals, and court approval of settlements. Courts can award expenses and lawyer fees to pre… - Nonprofit closure claims face recovery limits: mixed, low. After filing or publishing a dissolution notice, a nonprofit can ask a court to set security for estimated unknown or future claims. It must notify known holders of contingent claims within 10 days after applying and pay any appointed guardian's reasonable fees and expenses. Providing the required… - Nonprofit lawsuits bring protections and costs: mixed, low. A lawsuit brought on a nonprofit's behalf cannot be ended or settled without court approval. Courts must order notice when the outcome substantially affects members, and can assign notice costs to any party. Courts can order the nonprofit to pay reasonable legal expenses from recovered money when a… - Nonprofit meetings gain protection and limits: mixed, low. Members generally need 10% of the votes on an issue to demand a special meeting, up from 5%. Articles or bylaws can set a different threshold; demands must be signed, dated, delivered to the secretary, and state the purpose. Missing an annual member meeting alone does not dissolve a nonprofit or fo… - Nonprofit member and board rules change: mixed, low. Members have equal rights and duties unless governing documents differ; rights predating July 1, 1991, remain until those documents change. Membership-transfer terms in the articles must follow the law’s transfer requirements. Boards adopt initial bylaws unless the articles reserve that power to me… - Nonprofit members can leave but owe debts: mixed, low. Nonprofit members can resign anytime, but leaving or losing membership does not erase earlier commitments, including dues, assessments, or fees. Members cannot transfer membership rights unless the articles or bylaws allow it. A later restriction on an allowed transfer right does not bind earlier m… - Nonprofit members gain access with privacy limits: mixed, low. Members can inspect specified records with 5 business days’ written notice, down from 10; these rights also cover subsidiary records. Board and committee records require a good-faith, specific request for a proper purpose tied to the member’s interest. Governing documents cannot remove inspection r… - Nonprofit membership costs and fine protections: mixed, low. Unless its articles or bylaws say otherwise, a nonprofit can offer free membership or require a board-set contribution. Contributions can include payment promises, property, or past or future services, on terms set by its governing documents or board. A nonprofit can fine or penalize members only w… - Nonprofit moves preserve debts and consent: mixed, low. A member generally must give separate written consent before conversion creates personal liability for the entity's obligations. Consent is unnecessary when existing liability terms stay substantially the same, except for changes reducing or removing liability. Every member becoming a general partn… - Nonprofit voting authority gets clearer checks: mixed, low. Nonprofits can reject votes, ballots, consents, waivers, demands, or proxies when authorized reviewers reasonably doubt a signature or signing authority. Reviewers must act in good faith. For entity members, the governing-body chair, president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer has default au… - Condo leaders face duties and removal: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, condo officers, directors, and agents must act in good faith, with reasonable care, in the association's interests. They can owe monetary damages for misconduct covered by the law's liability exceptions. An officer or director formally charged with a crime listed in the law… - Housing associations leave nonprofit records rules: mixed, low. Qualifying homeowners', condominium, and cooperative associations are exempt from the listed chapter 617 corporate records provisions. The exemption covers homeowners' associations defined by section 720.301 and corporations regulated under chapters 718 or 719. It removes those nonprofit records re… - Closing nonprofits get court-appointed winding-up help: mixed, low. A nonprofit closing before it starts its affairs must include an asset-distribution statement in its dissolution papers. The statement must confirm that remaining net assets were distributed under the applicable law. A Florida circuit court can appoint a trustee, custodian, receiver, or provisional… - Courts can remove harmful nonprofit directors: mixed, low. A court can remove a nonprofit director for fraud, gross abuse of the role, or intentional harm to the nonprofit. After considering the conduct and other remedies, the court must find removal is in the nonprofit's best interest. It can also bar the director from serving again for a set period. Only… - Courts can rescue nonprofits at a cost: mixed, low. With sufficient support, courts can appoint a receiver, custodian, or provisional director instead of dissolving a nonprofit, or grant other relief. These remedies are available before a dissolution judgment or afterward to help wind up the nonprofit. In member- or director-filed cases, a provision… - Courts gain nonprofit remedies with deadlock limits: mixed, low. Qualifying members, directors, or other authorized people can seek dissolution for added reasons, including illegal or fraudulent control. Other grounds include serious deadlock harm or too few assets to continue when no director or member quorum can assemble. A member voting deadlock over electing… - Members can seek inactive church dissolution: mixed, low. A member can ask the local circuit court to dissolve a church or religious society after 2 consecutive years without worship. Another ground is reduced membership or finances making worship or property protection impossible for 2 years. The member must prove the facts to the court’s satisfaction. T… - Nonprofit boards gain flexibility and limits: mixed, low. Most nonprofits can have one or more directors, but federally tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofits must have at least three. Boards take corresponding member actions when the nonprofit has no members or no members entitled to vote on the matter. The law removes a special rule allowing chapter or affilia… - Nonprofit investigations reach member information: mixed, low. Domestic and out-of-state corporations owning Florida property or mortgages, or conducting affairs in Florida, must answer covered state subpoenas within 30 days. Requested records can include names and addresses of the 100 members with the most voting power, currently and during the preceding 12 m… - Nonprofit law repeals three older rules: mixed, low. The law repeals Florida Statutes sections 617.1805, 617.1806, and 617.2102. The supplied text does not describe their subjects or replacements, so their practical effects cannot be determined. - Nonprofit lawsuits face court review rules: mixed, low. A person suing on a nonprofit's behalf must verify the complaint and detail any request made to the board. The complaint must explain board rejection, inaction, harm from waiting 90 days, or why board action was not sought. Courts can pause the case while the nonprofit investigates. On the nonprofi… - Nonprofit legal cost protections change coverage: mixed, low. Corporate indemnification rules apply to Florida nonprofits and rural electric cooperatives. These rules address protection against covered legal costs and liabilities. References to directors include managers and trustees, and references to shareholders include members. The law also removes the pr… - Nonprofits get time to fix compliance failures: mixed, low. Florida must notify a nonprofit before dissolving it for listed compliance failures. These include missing annual reports or fees, registered-agent problems, unreported office changes, and incomplete or untruthful answers to state questions. The nonprofit has 60 days after notice to fix every probl… - Nonprofits keep records and inform members: mixed, low. Nonprofits must keep governing documents, board and member records, communications, leadership contacts, accounting records, and their latest annual report. Required records must be available for inspection within a reasonable time, and accounting records must support required financial statements.… - Unresolved nonprofit claims get closing deadlines: mixed, low. A dissolved nonprofit or successor can file or publish notice to resolve certain claims it does not know about. Covered claimants generally have 4 years to start enforcement, unless another law bars the claim sooner. The clock starts when notice is filed with the state or at the second consecutive… - Timeshare leaders gain limited liability protection: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, covered timeshare association officers, directors, and agents must act in good faith and with reasonable care. They must act in the association's interests; covered agents include management firms and specified licensed employees. They generally receive protection from monet… - Closing nonprofits follow separate asset rules: mixed, low. Nonprofits selling or distributing assets while closing follow the dissolution process rather than the usual major-asset-transfer rules. After dissolution takes effect, qualifying successors are also covered by the listed dissolution provisions. - Corporations face penalties for missing agents: mixed, low. Domestic and foreign corporations must keep a Florida registered office and agent when they own Florida property or mortgages, or conduct affairs there. Noncompliance creates a $500 liability for each year or part of a year. The state may forgive that amount after compliance. Noncompliant corporati… - Foreign nonprofits face name rules and options: mixed, low. Foreign corporations must use compliant alternate names when their actual names are unavailable or fail Florida naming rules. Alternate names generally must link to actual names, except for specified suffix additions, and avoid separate fictitious-name requirements. A later noncompliant name cannot… - Foreign nonprofits gain clearer operating authority: mixed, low. Florida cannot deny a foreign corporation authority solely because its home jurisdiction's laws differ from Florida's. The law removes an older, narrower rule about differences in corporate organization and internal affairs. After filing fees are paid, a certificate authorizes Florida operations un… - Foreign nonprofits must update agent records: mixed, low. Foreign corporations generally must seek an amended certificate within 90 days after their agent's name or Florida street address changes. No amended certificate is needed when the change was timely reported through the registered-agent update process. Original application requirements generally ap… - Members get votes on major asset sales: mixed, low. Selling or transferring all or nearly all nonprofit property requires board approval and approval from members entitled to vote. Members receive notice describing the deal and what the nonprofit receives. Approval generally needs a quorum and a majority of all votes entitled to be cast, not just vo… - Merger survivors inherit debts and duties: mixed, low. A merger survivor receives the merging entities' property and rights and assumes their debts, duties, and liabilities. Other entities stop existing separately; the merger does not require winding up or itself create dissolution rights. Creditors keep their rights and liens, while interest holders r… - New filing rules for registered agents: mixed, low. Corporations must file agent or office changes, and new agents must accept in writing; matching business addresses and board authorization are no longer required. Agents must promptly tell represented corporations about filed name or address changes, which take effect when filed. Updates can also u… - New nonprofit filing and notice rules: mixed, low. A filing can be withdrawn before it takes effect, except for filings covered by listed statutory exceptions. The withdrawal must identify the filing and have all original signatures, unless the signers agreed otherwise and that agreement is stated. Filing the withdrawal stops the related action or… - Nonprofit article changes balance approval rights: mixed, low. Nonprofits can add or change lawful article provisions, or remove unneeded ones; legality is measured when the change takes effect. Voting members generally approve changes with notice and a quorum; boards recommend approval or explain why they do not. Unless articles say otherwise, boards can make… - Nonprofit boards follow new leadership rules: mixed, low. Unless articles or bylaws say otherwise, voting members elect directors annually; boards elect directors for nonmembership nonprofits without another selection method. Initial directors are exempt, and member classes can elect designated seats. The selecting group generally controls removal; removi… - Nonprofit boards get clearer decision rules: mixed, low. Unless articles or bylaws say otherwise, the chair, president or similar officer, or 20% of current directors can call board meetings. Regular meetings need no notice; special meetings need 2 days' notice of date, time, and place, but generally not purpose. Boards and committees can act without mee… - Nonprofit conflict deals need fairness safeguards: mixed, low. A director's conflict-of-interest deal is not invalid, or grounds for damages, solely because of the conflict when it is fair. Fairness weighs benefits, the director's dealings, and comparison with a deal between independent parties. After disclosure and proper approval, challengers must prove unfa… - Nonprofit conversions keep debts and contracts: mixed, low. After approval, an entity must sign and file conversion papers with Florida's Department of State. A resulting foreign entity's conversion takes effect at the later time set by its governing law or Florida filing rules. The entity continues without interruption or dissolution, keeping property, con… - Nonprofit conversions need approval and safeguards: mixed, low. A Florida nonprofit converting to another eligible entity type needs a board-adopted plan. Voting members generally must approve unless the articles or bylaws say otherwise; without voting members, board adoption is enough. Notice, disclosure, quorum, separate-group votes, and any required outside… - Nonprofit filings gain flexibility and deadlines: mixed, low. Filings usually take effect when accepted; delayed dates cannot exceed 90 days, and initial articles can reach back five business days. Florida’s filing location controls timing when no place or time zone is stated. Plans can depend on outside facts if explained, but names, registered offices, agen… - Nonprofit leaders face clearer service duties: mixed, low. Directors serve one-year terms unless the articles or bylaws set another term; reducing board size or terms does not end current terms early. Vacancy replacements generally finish the term, and directors generally stay until successors take office, subject to governing-document and board-size excep… - Nonprofit leaders get clearer legal duties: mixed, low. Nonprofit directors must act in good faith, with reasonable care, and in what they reasonably believe are the corporation's best interests. They can rely on delegated work and qualified staff, advisers, or committees when that reliance is justified. Religious nonprofits' directors can also rely on… - Nonprofit mergers expand with voting safeguards: mixed, low. Florida nonprofits can merge with domestic or foreign eligible entities; noncorporate participants must also be allowed by their governing law. Boards adopt merger plans, and voting members generally approve by a majority of votes cast with a quorum. Separate voting groups, higher thresholds, or bo… - Nonprofit moves require plans and approvals: mixed, low. Nonprofits can change their home jurisdiction between Florida and another jurisdiction when the other jurisdiction's governing law allows it. A Florida nonprofit moving out must prepare a plan explaining changes to member interests and rights, resulting governing rules, and other terms. Board adopt… - Nonprofit name choices expand with safeguards: mixed, low. A corporation can register a similar name when the existing entity consents and agrees to change its name. A certified final court judgment establishing the applicant’s right to the name is another route. A foreign nonprofit registering its name must provide an existence or good-standing certificat… - Nonprofit payouts face limits and exceptions: mixed, low. Nonprofits generally cannot pay dividends or distribute net earnings to members, directors, or officers. Exceptions allow permitted pay and benefits, authorized membership purchases, dissolution payouts, and partial-liquidation payouts expressly allowed by the articles. Qualifying nonprofit or gove… - Nonprofit reports carry court access penalties: mixed, low. Florida nonprofits and authorized out-of-state nonprofits must file annual reports between January 1 and May 1, starting the next year. Reports identify the corporation, offices, directors, and officers; missing information can be corrected within 30 days after notice. The first yearly filing is th… - Nonprofit transactions require current annual reports: mixed, low. Entities in covered mergers, conversions, and jurisdiction changes must be active and current on annual reports through December 31 of the filing year. An approved merger can be abandoned before it takes effect, as its plan allows. Unless the plan prohibits it, the board can also abandon the merger… - Out-of-state nonprofits face authority loss deadlines: mixed, low. Florida can revoke an out-of-state nonprofit’s authority for listed reporting, payment, registered-agent, false-filing, or corporate-status failures. Annual reports are due by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the third Friday in September. Missing that deadline results in revocation on the fourth Friday in S… - Out-of-state nonprofits face exit and reinstatement rules: mixed, low. Out-of-state nonprofits must file withdrawal notices after winding up, merging into an unauthorized foreign entity, or converting into an entity not formed by public filing. Claims from their period of Florida authorization can still be served after withdrawal following conversion. Florida's Depart… - Out-of-state nonprofits get liability and notice rules: mixed, low. An out-of-state nonprofit's home law governs its organization, internal affairs, and members' liability, even without Florida authorization. Members, officers, and directors are not personally liable for its debts solely because it lacks Florida authorization. Florida's Secretary of State receives… - Parent entities can bypass merger votes: mixed, low. Parents holding at least 80% of each subsidiary voting class can use a streamlined merger process. The subsidiary can merge into the parent, or the parent into the subsidiary. A merger into another controlled entity also requires 80% control of each voting class and series of that entity. Subsidiar… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Kaylee Tuck (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee - Cosponsor: Commerce Committee ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-04 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 36 | 0 | | | 2026-02-25 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 114 | 0 | | ## Actions (45) - 2026-06-26: Chapter No. 2026-168 - 2026-06-25: Approved by Governor - 2026-06-15: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - 2026-03-04: Ordered enrolled (House) - 2026-03-04: In Messages (House) - 2026-03-04: CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 527 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Read 3rd time -SJ 527 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Read 2nd time -SJ 527 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Substituted for CS/SB 554 -SJ 527 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 522 (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Received (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Rules (Senate) - 2026-02-25: In Messages (Senate) - 2026-02-25: CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 (House) - 2026-02-25: Read 3rd time (House) - 2026-02-25: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-02-25: Read 2nd time (House) - 2026-02-19: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026) (House) - 2026-02-12: Added to Second Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-02-12: Bill referred to House Calendar (House) - 2026-02-11: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House) - 2026-02-11: CS Filed (House) - 2026-02-11: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2026-02-11: Reported out of Commerce Committee (House) - 2026-02-10: Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee (House) - 2026-02-06: Added to Commerce Committee agenda (House) - 2026-01-26: Now in Commerce Committee (House) - 2026-01-26: Referred to Commerce Committee (House) - 2026-01-23: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House) - 2026-01-23: CS Filed (House) - 2026-01-23: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2026-01-22: Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-21: Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-16: Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2026-01-15: Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-15: Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-14: Favorable by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-13: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House) - 2026-01-12: Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2026-01-05: Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-05: Referred to Commerce Committee (House) - 2026-01-05: Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-05: Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee (House) - 2025-12-17: Filed (House) ## Bill text - er, 2026-07-01: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/BillText/er/PDF) - c2, 2026-02-11: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/BillText/c2/PDF) - c1, 2026-01-23: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/BillText/c1/PDF) - Filed, 2025-12-17: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related bills - SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed) - HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed) - HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed) - SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed) - HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed) - HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed) ## Sources - [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/BillText/er/PDF) - [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/BillText/c2/PDF) - [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/BillText/c1/PDF) - [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/797/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related - [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026) - [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026) - [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026) - [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026) - [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026) - [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026) - [Florida bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida/bills) - [Florida state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB797-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).