Georgia House Bill 1052 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 18 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-25 - House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to business corporations, so as to provide for benefit corporations; to provide for definitions; to provide for the application of the business corporation Code; to provide for naming; to provide for stock certificates; to provide for amendments and transactions; to provide for duties and limitations of liability of directors of benefit corporations; to provide for annual benefit reports; to change provisions relating to definitions for foreign corporation; to change provisions relating to the right to dissent; to change provisions relating to the corporate name of a foreign corporation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Business corporations; provide for benefit corporations; provisions

Rep. Scott Holcomb [D]	Rep. Wendell Willard [R]	Rep. Tom Weldon [R]	Rep. Stacey Evans [D]
Rep. Beth Beskin [R]	Rep. Stacey Abrams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-25	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2016-02-22	House	House Second Readers
2016-02-19	House	House First Readers
2016-02-18	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/48581
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/157975
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/158922