Business and Nonprofit Entities Code, substantially revised to allow corporations to elect to become benefit corporations, update definitions, allow for electronic filing, and provide standards for filing instruments, numerous sections of Title 10A added, amended, and renumbered
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Feb 11, 2020
Signed Mar 12, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 12, 2020 · House Feb 25, 2020
How they voted
23–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 29
Mar 12, 2020
D
Democratic8
50% Yea
R
Republican21
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
0
Mar 12, 2020
Signed into law
Assigned Act No. 2020-73.
lower
Mar 12, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Second House
lower
Mar 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 379
upper
Mar 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 106
lower
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BP
Bill Poole
RRepublican
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