HB3588: Relating to business registrations; declaring an emergency.

Legislative Summary

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). [Digest: Tells a state official to study what is needed to register a business in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).] [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.] [Sunsets on January 2, 2027.] 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.