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SB 838 Florida Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Business Organizations

Summary
Business Organizations; Specifying that certain documents accepted by the Department of State for filing are effective on the date the documents are accepted by the department; revising the required contents of a meeting notice relating to the removal of a director by shareholders; authorizing a domestic corporation to acquire one or more classes or series of shares under certain circumstances; authorizing the department to direct certain interrogatories to certain corporations and to officers or directors of certain corporations, etc.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Jan 14, 2020 Signed Jun 18, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2020 · House Mar 13, 2020

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Feb 26, 2020
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
38
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Jun 18, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 109 NAYS 0
lower
Mar 13, 2020
Introduced
Receded from 2 amendment(s) (145281, 556959)
lower
Mar 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0
lower
Mar 9, 2020
Lower · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (145281, 556959)
lower
Mar 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Calendar
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/05/20, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/28/20, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 15, 2020
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/14/20, 2:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Nov 21, 2019
Committee
Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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