Florida · Senate Bill 316 · 2025 Regular Session

Limited Liability Companies

  1. Introduced Jan 17, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 3, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor Jun 18, 2025
  6. Became law Jun 20, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Limited Liability Companies; Defining the terms “registered foreign protected series of a foreign series limited liability company” and “registered foreign series limited liability company”; specifying that certain limited liability companies are considered a nonresident under certain circumstances; creating the “Uniform Protected Series Provisions”; providing powers and prohibitions for protected series of series limited liability companies; authorizing domestic limited liability companies to establish protected series, etc.

Every action

32 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 24 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 02/18/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  4. CommitteeFavorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 · Senate Commerce and Tourism7–0 vote
  5. CommitteeNow in Judiciary · Senate Judiciary
  6. SenateIntroduced
  7. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building · Senate Judiciary
  8. CommitteeFavorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 · Senate Judiciary11–0 vote
  9. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  10. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/26/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  11. CommitteeCS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 · Senate Rules24–0 vote
  12. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  13. CommitteeCS by Rules read 1st time · Senate Rules
  14. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  15. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
  16. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 328
  17. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 329
  18. SenateCS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 1 -SJ 329
  19. SenateImmediately certified -SJ 330
  20. HouseIn Messages
  21. HouseBill referred to House Calendar
  22. HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
  23. House1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  24. HouseRead 2nd time
  1. HousePlaced on 3rd reading
  2. HouseAdded to Third Reading Calendar
  3. HouseRead 3rd time
  4. HouseCS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
  5. SenateOrdered enrolled
  6. GovernorSigned by Officers and presented to Governor
  7. GovernorApproved by Governor
  8. Chapter No. 2025-162

Roll calls

5 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Third Reading · Full Senate

35–1
Apr 3, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 35 No 1 Not voting 2
Democrats: 9 yes, 1 no Independents: 1 yes, 0 no Republicans: 25 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 35

No · 1

Not voting · 1

Excused · 1

Passage; Third Reading · Full House

115–0
Apr 29, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 115 No 0 Not voting 4
Democrats: 32 yes, 0 no Republicans: 83 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 115

Not voting · 4

Committee and other votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Lori BermanD Primary sponsor · District 26
  • R Rules Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.