HB 797: Nonprofit Corporations
GENERAL BILL by Tuck
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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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 12/17/2025 House • Filed
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HB 797, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/17/2025 at 10:44 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 554 Nonprofit Corporations Bernard Identical Last Action: 12/9/2025 S Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy 
Citations - Statutes (189)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 39.8298 Guardian ad Litem direct-support organization. Page 275 (pdf) 295.21 Florida Is For Veterans, Inc. Page 308 (pdf) 381.00316 Discrimination by governmental and business entities based on health care choices; prohibition. Page 276 (pdf) 409.987 Lead agency procurement; boards; conflicts of interest. Page 309 (pdf) 605.1025 Articles of merger. Page 276 (pdf) 617.01011 Short title. Page 42 (pdf) 617.0102 Reservation of power to amend or repeal. Page 276 (pdf) 617.01201 Filing requirements. Page 42 (pdf) 617.0121 Forms. Page 277 (pdf) 617.0122 Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates. Page 278 (pdf) 617.0123 Effective date of document. Page 46 (pdf) 617.0124 Correcting filed document. Page 49 (pdf) 617.0125 Filing duties of Department of State. Page 280 (pdf) 617.0126 Appeal from Department of State’s refusal to file document. Page 51 (pdf) 617.0127 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. Page 52 (pdf) 617.0128 Certificate of status. Page 52 (pdf) 617.01301 Powers of Department of State. Page 53 (pdf) 617.01401 Definitions. Page 55 (pdf) 617.0141 Notice. Page 65 (pdf) 617.0143 Page 68 (pdf) 617.02011 Incorporators. Page 281 (pdf) 617.0202 Articles of incorporation; content. Page 70 (pdf) 617.0203 Incorporation. Page 282 (pdf) 617.0204 Liability for preincorporation transactions. Page 72 (pdf) 617.0205 Organizational meeting of directors. Page 282 (pdf) 617.0206 Bylaws. Page 73 (pdf) 617.0301 Purposes and application. Page 282 (pdf) 617.0302 Corporate powers. Page 73 (pdf) 617.0304 Ultra vires. Page 75 (pdf) 617.0401 Corporate name. Page 76 (pdf) 617.0403 Registered name; application; renewal; revocation. Page 77 (pdf) 617.0501 Registered office and registered agent. Page 78 (pdf) 617.0502 Change of registered office or registered agent; resignation of registered agent. Page 80 (pdf) 617.05021 Page 84 (pdf) 617.05022 Page 85 (pdf) 617.0503 Registered agent; duties; confidentiality of investigation records. Page 86 (pdf) 617.0504 Serving process, giving notice, or making a demand on a corporation. Page 283 (pdf) 617.0505 Distributions; exceptions. Page 100 (pdf) 617.0601 Members, generally. Page 103 (pdf) 617.0603 Page 105 (pdf) 617.0604 Liability of members. Page 106 (pdf) 617.0605 Transfer of membership interests. Page 108 (pdf) 617.0606 Resignation of members. Page 108 (pdf) 617.0607 Termination, expulsion, and suspension. Page 109 (pdf) 617.0608 Purchase of memberships. Page 110 (pdf) 617.0701 Meetings of members, generally; failure to hold annual meeting; special meeting; consent to corporate actions without meetings; waiver of notice of meetings. Page 111 (pdf) 617.0721 Voting by members. Page 117 (pdf) 617.07401 Members’ derivative actions. Page 306 (pdf) 617.0741 Page 123 (pdf) 617.0742 Page 123 (pdf) 617.0743 Page 124 (pdf) 617.0744 Page 124 (pdf) 617.0745 Page 126 (pdf) 617.0746 Page 126 (pdf) 617.0747 Page 127 (pdf) 617.0803 Number of directors. Page 127 (pdf) 617.0804 Page 128 (pdf) 617.0805 Page 129 (pdf) 617.0806 Staggered terms for directors. Page 283 (pdf) 617.0808 Removal of directors. Page 130 (pdf) 617.0809 Board vacancy. Page 132 (pdf) 617.08091 Page 134 (pdf) 617.0820 Meetings. Page 135 (pdf) 617.0821 Action by directors without a meeting. Page 136 (pdf) 617.0822 Notice of meetings. Page 307 (pdf) 617.0823 Waiver of notice. Page 137 (pdf) 617.0824 Quorum and voting. Page 284 (pdf) 617.0825 Board committees and advisory committees. Page 284 (pdf) 617.0830 General standards for directors. Page 138 (pdf) 617.0831 Indemnification and liability of officers, directors, employees, and agents. Page 285 (pdf) 617.0832 Director conflicts of interest. Page 140 (pdf) 617.0834 Officers and directors of certain corporations and associations not for profit; immunity from civil liability. Page 145 (pdf) 617.0835 Prohibited activities by private foundations. Page 148 (pdf) 617.0844 Page 149 (pdf) 617.0901 Reincorporation. Page 286 (pdf) 617.1001 Authority to amend the articles of incorporation. Page 151 (pdf) 617.1002 Procedure for amending articles of incorporation. Page 152 (pdf) 617.1006 Contents of articles of amendment. Page 155 (pdf) 617.1007 Restated articles of incorporation. Page 308 (pdf) 617.1008 Amendment pursuant to reorganization. Page 288 (pdf) 617.1009 Effect of amendment. Page 288 (pdf) 617.1101 Plan of merger. Page 157 (pdf) 617.1102 Limitation on merger. Page 160 (pdf) 617.1103 Approval of plan of merger; abandonment of plan thereafter. Page 161 (pdf) 617.1104 Page 164 (pdf) 617.1105 Articles of merger. Page 165 (pdf) 617.1106 Effect of merger. Page 168 (pdf) 617.1107 Merger of domestic and foreign corporations. Page 171 (pdf) 617.1108 Merger of domestic corporation and other eligible entities. Page 307 (pdf) 617.1202 Sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of corporate property and assets requiring member approval. Page 172 (pdf) 617.1301 Prohibited distributions. Page 307 (pdf) 617.1302 Authorized distributions. Page 307 (pdf) 617.1401 Voluntary dissolution of corporation prior to conducting its affairs. Page 176 (pdf) 617.1402 Dissolution of corporation. Page 177 (pdf) 617.1403 Articles of dissolution. Page 178 (pdf) 617.1404 Revocation of dissolution. Page 289 (pdf) 617.1405 Effect of dissolution. Page 179 (pdf) 617.1406 Plan of distribution of assets. Page 180 (pdf) 617.1407 Unknown claims against dissolved corporation. Page 182 (pdf) 617.1408 Known claims against dissolved corporation. Page 185 (pdf) 617.1409 Page 188 (pdf) 617.14091 Page 189 (pdf) 617.1420 Grounds for administrative dissolution. Page 190 (pdf) 617.1421 Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution. Page 192 (pdf) 617.1422 Reinstatement following administrative dissolution. Page 289 (pdf) 617.1423 Appeal from denial of reinstatement. Page 290 (pdf) 617.1430 Grounds for judicial dissolution. Page 194 (pdf) 617.1431 Procedure for judicial dissolution. Page 196 (pdf) 617.1432 Receivership or custodianship. Page 196 (pdf) 617.1433 Judgment of dissolution. Page 199 (pdf) 617.1434 Page 200 (pdf) 617.1435 Page 201 (pdf) 617.1440 Deposit with Department of Financial Services. Page 202 (pdf) 617.1501 Authority of foreign corporation to conduct affairs required. Page 291 (pdf) 617.15015 Page 203 (pdf) 617.1502 Consequences of conducting affairs without authority. Page 204 (pdf) 617.1503 Application for certificate of authority. Page 205 (pdf) 617.1504 Amended certificate of authority. Page 206 (pdf) 617.1505 Effect of certificate of authority. Page 208 (pdf) 617.1506 Corporate name of foreign corporation. Page 209 (pdf) 617.1507 Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 213 (pdf) 617.1508 Change of registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 214 (pdf) 617.1509 Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 216 (pdf) 617.15091 Page 217 (pdf) 617.1510 Serving process, giving notice, or making a demand on a foreign corporation. Page 291 (pdf) 617.1520 Withdrawal of foreign corporation. Page 218 (pdf) 617.1521 Page 219 (pdf) 617.1522 Page 220 (pdf) 617.1523 Page 221 (pdf) 617.1530 Grounds for revocation of authority to conduct affairs. Page 221 (pdf) 617.1531 Procedure for and effect of revocation. Page 307 (pdf) 617.15315 Page 224 (pdf) 617.1532 Appeal from revocation. Page 226 (pdf) 617.1533 Reinstatement following revocation. Page 307 (pdf) 617.1601 Corporate records. Page 227 (pdf) 617.1602 Inspection of records by members. Page 230 (pdf) 617.1603 Scope of inspection right. Page 234 (pdf) 617.1604 Court-ordered inspection. Page 235 (pdf) 617.1605 Financial reports for members. Page 236 (pdf) 617.16051 Page 239 (pdf) 617.1606 Access to records. Page 291 (pdf) 617.1622 Annual report for Department of State. Page 240 (pdf) 617.1623 Corporate information available to the public; application to corporations incorporated by circuit courts and by special act of the Legislature. Page 292 (pdf) 617.1701 Application to existing domestic corporation. Page 294 (pdf) 617.1702 Application to qualified foreign corporations. Page 294 (pdf) 617.1703 Application of chapter. Page 294 (pdf) 617.1711 Application to foreign and interstate commerce. Page 295 (pdf) 617.1803 Domestication of foreign not-for-profit corporations. Page 307 (pdf) 617.180301 Page 245 (pdf) 617.18031 Page 247 (pdf) 617.18032 Page 250 (pdf) 617.18033 Page 252 (pdf) 617.18034 Page 254 (pdf) 617.1804 Page 257 (pdf) 617.18041 Page 258 (pdf) 617.18042 Page 259 (pdf) 617.18043 Page 260 (pdf) 617.18044 Page 263 (pdf) 617.18045 Page 266 (pdf) 617.18046 Page 268 (pdf) 617.1805 Corporations for profit; when may become corporations not for profit. Page 307 (pdf) 617.1806 Conversion to corporation not for profit; petition and contents. Page 307 (pdf) 617.1807 Conversion to corporation not for profit; authority of circuit judge. Page 307 (pdf) 617.1808 Application of act to corporation converted to corporation not for profit. Page 295 (pdf) 617.1809 Limited agricultural association; conversion to a domestic corporation not for profit. Page 295 (pdf) 617.1904 Estoppel. Page 298 (pdf) 617.1907 Effect of repeal or amendment of prior acts. Page 299 (pdf) 617.1908 Applicability of Florida Business Corporation Act. Page 299 (pdf) 617.2001 Corporations which may be incorporated hereunder; incorporation of certain medical services corporations. Page 299 (pdf) 617.2002 Corporation not for profit organized pursuant to s. 2, ch. 87-296; requirements. Page 300 (pdf) 617.2003 Proceedings to revoke articles of incorporation or charter or prevent its use. Page 301 (pdf) 617.2005 Extinct churches and religious societies; dissolution. Page 272 (pdf) 617.2006 Incorporation of labor unions or bodies. Page 272 (pdf) 617.2007 Sponge packing and marketing corporations. Page 302 (pdf) 617.2101 Corporation authorized to act as trustee. Page 302 (pdf) 617.2102 Fines and penalties against members. Page 307 (pdf) 617.221 Membership associations. Page 302 (pdf) 620.2108 Filings required for merger; effective date. Page 303 (pdf) 620.8918 Filings required for merger; effective date. Page 304 (pdf) 628.910 Incorporation options and requirements. Page 304 (pdf) 718.111 The association. Page 325 (pdf) 718.1265 Association emergency powers. Page 311 (pdf) 718.3027 Conflicts of interest. Page 321 (pdf) 719.128 Association emergency powers. Page 315 (pdf) 720.3033 Officers and directors. Page 322 (pdf) 720.316 Association emergency powers. Page 318 (pdf) 721.13 Management. Page 324 (pdf) 768.38 Liability protections for COVID-19-related claims. Page 306 (pdf) 893.055 Prescription drug monitoring program. Page 306 (pdf)