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HB3588 • 2025

Permits the Secretary of State to accept a commercial mail receiving agency as a business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical street address of the commercial mail receiving agency.

Permits the Secretary of State to accept a commercial mail receiving agency as a business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical street address of the commercial mail receiving agency.

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Nosse
Last action
2025-06-11
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-11 House

    Chapter 158, (2025 Laws): Effective date May 27, 2025.

  2. 2025-05-27 House

    Governor signed.

  3. 2025-05-20 House

    Speaker signed.

  4. 2025-05-20 Senate

    President signed.

  5. 2025-05-15 Senate

    Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. Ayes, 27; Excused, 3--Manning Jr, Prozanski, Thatcher.

  6. 2025-05-14 Senate

    Carried over to 05-15 by unanimous consent.

  7. 2025-05-13 Senate

    Carried over to 05-14 by unanimous consent.

  8. 2025-05-12 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.

  9. 2025-05-12 Senate

    Second reading.

  10. 2025-05-06 Senate

    Work Session held.

  11. 2025-04-29 Senate

    Public Hearing held.

  12. 2025-04-21 Senate

    First reading. Referred to President's desk.

  13. 2025-04-21 Senate

    Referred to Labor and Business.

  14. 2025-04-17 House

    Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. Ayes, 51; Excused, 8--Dobson, Grayber, Helfrich, McDonald, Nguyen D, Nguyen H, Sosa, Valderrama; Excused for Business of the House, 1--Sanchez.

  15. 2025-04-16 House

    Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.

  16. 2025-04-15 House

    Second reading.

  17. 2025-04-14 House

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.

  18. 2025-04-09 House

    Work Session held.

  19. 2025-03-17 House

    Public Hearing held.

  20. 2025-02-20 House

    Referred to Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade.

  21. 2025-02-18 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: Says that a state official may take a document for filing that has a CMRA as a person's address if the person's business address is the same as the CMRA address. Says that the official must not allow the public to see the address if the person does not want that. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4).</b>
[<i>Digest: Tells a state official to study what is needed to register a business in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).</i>]
[<i>Requires the Secretary of State to study the effect of requiring physical street addresses for business registrations in light of changes to postal regulations. Directs the Secretary of State to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business no later than September 15, 2026.</i>]
[<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>]
<b>Permits the Secretary of State to accept a commercial mail receiving agency as a business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical street address of the commercial mail receiving agency. Requires the Secretary of State to protect from public disclosure a business entity's physical street address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical address of a commercial mail receiving agency and if the business entity requests the protection.
Includes a commercial mail receiving agency within the definitions of principal office, records office address and principal address if the physical street address of a business entity's principal executive office is the same as the physical street address of a commercial mail receiving agency.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>
Relating to: Relating to business registrations; and declaring an emergency.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned