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HB202 Alabama 2020 Session

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Votes
  • 6 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Bill Poole
Session
Regular Session 2020
Title
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
Description

This bill would make changes to the Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code to allow business corporations to elect to become benefit corporations; allow electronic filing of all entity filings to increase the speed at which businesses may be formed and by which transactions may be accomplished; update definitions to include terms applicable to the allowance of electronic and digital transactions and transmissions of filings, notices, and data; establish certain basic standards for all filing instruments to allow for easier electronic transmission; provide a mechanism to allow the Secretary of State to reject certain filing instruments which are not accompanied by full payment, to assist in the electronic filing process; clarify the requirements of certificates of existence for entities; remove certain outdated definitions and matters to streamline the code; and to clarify that volunteer partners, managers, members, governing persons, and other members of a governing authority are considered officers of a qualifying nonprofit entity, thereby recognizing that there are nonprofit partnerships, nonprofit limited partnerships, and non-profit limited liability companies

Relating to the Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code; to amend Sections 10A-1-1.02, 10A-1-1.03, and 10A-1-1.08, as amended by Act 2019-94, 2019 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Sections 10A-1-3.07 and 10A-1-3.08 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to amend Sections 10A-1-3.32, as amended by Act 2019-94, 2019 Regular Session, 10A-1-3.33, as amended by Act 2019-304, 2019 Regular Session, 10A-1-3.42, 10A-1-4.01, and 10A-1-4.02, as amended by Act 2019-94, 2019 Regular Session, and 10A-1-4.05, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Section 10A-1-4.07 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to amend Sections 10A-1-4.11, as amended by Act 2019-94, 2019 Regular Session, 10A-1-4.12, 10A-1-4.21 and 10A-1-4.31, as amended by Act 2019-94, 2019 Regular Session, and Sections 10A-1-5.04 and 10A-1-5.11, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Section 10A-1-5.17 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to amend Sections 10A-1-6.02, 10A-1-8.01, and 10A-1-8.02, as amended by Act 2019-94, 2019 Regular Session, 10A-2A-1.40, 10A-2A-1.41, 10A-2A-1.52, 10A-2A-2.02, 10A-2A-2.05, 10A-2A-3.04, 10A-2A-7.03, 10A-2A-7.20, 10A-2A-7.24, 10A-2A-7.29, 10A-2A-7.40, 10A-2A-8.09, 10A-2A-13.30, 10A-2A-14.01, 10A-2A-14.03, 10A-2A-14.04, 10A-2A-14.07, 10A-2A-14.10, 10A-2A-14.11, 10A-2A-16.04, 10A-2A-16.05, and 10A-2A-16.10, as added to the Code of Alabama 1975, by Act 2019-94, 2019 Regular Session; to add Sections 10A-2A-17.01, 10A-2A-17.02, 10A-2A-17.03, 10A-2A-17.04, 10A-2A-17.05, and 10A-2A-17.06, to the Code of Alabama 1975; to amend and renumber existing Sections 10A-2A-17.01, 10A-2A-17.02, 10A-2A-17.03, 10A-2A-17.04, 10A-2A-17.05, and 10A-2A-17.06 as added to the Code of Alabama 1975 by Act 2019-94, 2019 Regular Session, as Sections 10A-2A-18.01, 10A-2A-18.02, 10A-2A-18.03, 10A-2A-18.04, 10A-2A-18.05, and 10A-2A-18.06, Code of Alabama 1975; and to amend Sections 10A-3-2.14, 10A-3-3.01, 10A-3-3.03, 10A-3-4.02, 10A-3-4.04, 10A-3-5.04, 10A-3-7.01, 10A-3-7.04, 10A-3-7.05, 10A-3-7.06, 10A-3-7.07, 10A-3-7.08, 10A-3-7.09, 10A-3-7.10, 10A-3-7.16, 10A-3-7.18, and 10A-4-3.02, as added to the Code of Alabama 1975, by Act 2019-94, 2019 Regular Session, Section 10A-4-4.01, as amended by Act 2019-94, 2019 Regular Session, Sections 10A-4-5.08, 10A-5A-2.01, 10A-5A-2.02, 10A-5A-2.04, 10A-5A-2.05, 10A-5A-2.06, 10A-5A-4.01, 10A-5A-7.01, 10A-5A-7.02, 10A-5A-7.03, 10A-5A-7.05, 10A-5A-7.08, 10A-5A-8.02, 10A-5A-11.09, 10A-5A-11.11, 10A-5A-11.13, 10A-8A-8.02, 10A-8A-8.07, 10A-8A-8.11, 10A-8A-10.03, 10A-9A-2.01, 10A-9A-2.02, 10A-9A-2.03, 10A-9A-2.04, 10A-9A-2.06, 10A-9A-8.01, 10A-9A-8.02, 10A-9A-8.03, 10A-9A-8.07, 10A-9A-8.11, 10A-10-1.07, and 10A-10-1.14, 10A-10-1.15, as amended by Act 2019-94, 2019 Regular Session, and Sections 10A-16-1.05, 10A-17-1.06, 10A-17-1.11, 10A-20-1.08, 10A-20-2.01, 10A-20-6.02, 10A-20-6.06, 10A-20-7.02, 10A-20-9.01, 10A-20-10.01, 10A-20-11.01, 10A-20-12.01, 10A-20-16.01, and 10A-20-16.02, Code of Alabama 1975, to to allow business corporations to elect to become benefit corporations; to allow electronic filing of all entity filings; to update definitions to include terms applicable to the allowance of electronic and digital transactions and transmissions of filings, notices, and data; to establish certain basic standards for all filing instruments; to provide a mechanism to allow the Secretary of State to reject certain filing instruments which are not accompanied by full payment; to clarify the requirements of certificates of existence for entities; to remove certain outdated definitions and matters; and to clarify that volunteer partners, managers, members, governing persons, and other members of a governing authority are considered officers of a qualifying nonprofit entity, thereby recognizing that there are nonprofit partnerships, nonprofit limited partnerships, and non-profit limited liability companies.

Subjects
Business and Nonprofit Entities Code

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
March 12, 2020 H Delivered to Governor at 1:15 p.m. on March 12, 2020.
March 12, 2020 H Assigned Act No. 2020-73.
March 12, 2020 S Signature Requested
March 12, 2020 H Clerk of the House Certification
March 12, 2020 H Enrolled
March 12, 2020 H Passed Second House
March 12, 2020 S Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 379
March 12, 2020 S Third Reading Passed
March 5, 2020 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 25, 2020 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
February 25, 2020 H Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 106
February 25, 2020 H Third Reading Passed
February 20, 2020 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 11, 2020 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Fiscal Responsibility

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing March 4, 2020 Room 825 at 08:30 Senate FRED Hearing
Hearing March 4, 2020 Room 825 at 08:30 Senate FRED Hearing
Hearing February 19, 2020 Room 418 at 16:00 House FR Hearing

Bill Text

Download HB202 Alabama 2020 Session PDF

Bill Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2020-03-12
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2020-02-25
Chamber: House
Result: Passed

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text HB202 Alabama 2020 Session - Enrolled
Bill Text HB202 Alabama 2020 Session - Introduced
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