HB0955 • 2026

Principal Offices of Limited Liability Companies and Corporations

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Hodgers
Last action: 2026-03-13
Official status: House - Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Principal Offices for Limited Liability Companies and Corporations

This bill allows limited liability companies and corporations to use their registered agent's address as their principal office but requires them to provide the Department of State with a physical address of an officer or manager.

What This Bill Does

Allows limited liability companies and foreign limited liability companies without a principal office to designate their registered agent’s address as their principal office.
Requires limited liability companies that use their registered agent's address as their principal office to give the Department of State the physical address of a named member or manager.
Permits domestic corporations and foreign corporations without a principal office to choose their registered agent’s address as their principal office.
Necessitates that corporations using their registered agent's address as their principal office provide the Department of State with the physical address of an officer or director.

Who It Names or Affects

Limited liability companies and foreign limited liability companies
Domestic corporations and foreign corporations

Terms To Know

Registered agent: A person or company designated to receive legal documents on behalf of a business.
Principal office: The main address where the primary activities of a business take place, as defined by law.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill only affects companies and corporations registered in Florida.
It does not specify what happens if a company fails to provide the required physical address.
The effective date is July 1, 2026.

Bill History

2026-03-13 House
• Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2026-01-13 House
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-12 House
• Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee • Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2026-01-05 House
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Principal Offices of Limited Liability Companies and Corporations ; Provides that limited liability company or corporation, foreign or domestic, may designate its registered agent's address as principal office of such company or corporation; requires that certain limited liability companies or corporations, foreign or domestic, provide DOS with physical address of named member or manager of such company or corporation.

Current Bill Text

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HB 955 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to principal offices of limited 2
liability companies and corporations; amending ss. 3
605.0113 and 607.0501, F.S.; providing that a limited 4
liability company or corporation, foreign or domestic, 5
may designate its registered agent's address as the 6
principal office of such company or corporation; 7
requiring that certain limited liability companies or 8
corporations, foreign or domestic, provide the 9
Department of State with the physical address of a 10
named member or manager of such company or 11
corporation; providing an effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 605.0113, Florida 16
Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (8), and new subsections 17
(6) and (7) are added to that section, to read: 18
605.0113 Registered agent.— 19
(6) Each limited liability company and each foreign 20
limited liability company that does not have a principal office 21
as defined in s. 605.0102 may designate the address of the 22
limited liability company's registered agent as its principal 23
office. 24
(7) A limited liability company or foreign limited 25

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

liability company that lists the address of its registered agent 26
as its principal office under subsection (6) must provide the 27
department with the physical address of a named member or 28
manager of such limited liability company. 29
Section 2. Subsections (6) and (7) of section 607.0501, 30
Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (8) and (9), 31
respectively, and new subsections (6) and (7) are added to that 32
section, to read: 33
607.0501 Registered office and registered agent.— 34
(6) Each domestic corporation and each foreign corporation 35
that does not have a principal office as defined in s. 607.01401 36
may designate the address of the corporation's registered agent 37
as its principal office. 38
(7) A domestic or foreign corporation that lists the 39
address of its registered agent as its principal office under 40
subsection (6) must provide the department with the physical 41
address of a named officer or director of such corporation. 42
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 43