Model Business Corporation Act Resource Center

The Model Business Corporation Act Resource Center provides easy access to the current version of the Model Business Corporation Act (MBCA) and various resource materials related to the MBCA. The MBCA is a Model Act promulgated and periodically amended by the ABA Business Law Section’s Corporate Laws Committee.

MBCA Enactment Map

• MBCA Enactments by States

MBCA Current Version

• Current Version of the MBCA
  • Official Text with Official Comment (.pdf)
  • Official Text (Word)

Recommended Books

• Model Business Corporation Act (2016 Revision): Official Text with Official Comment & Statutory Cross-References
• Handbook for the Conduct of Shareholders' Meetings, Third Edition
• Corporate Director's Guidebook, Seventh Edition
• Model Business Corporation Act Annotated, Fifth Edition
  

MBCA Enactment Toolkit

• “Why Your Jurisdiction Should Adopt the Current Revision of the MBCA”
• MBCA Changes 2013 to 2021 Revisions (Marked)
• Current Version of the MBCA (Black letter only) (Word)” 

Proposed Amendments of the MBCA

Corporate Laws Committee Reports on MBCA Amendments

View all committee reports on MBCA Amendments.

MBCA Newsletters

• Winter 2022
• Summer 2021
• Winter 2021
• Winter 2020
• Summer 2019
• Winter 2019
• Summer 2018
• Winter 2018

Recent State MBCA Enactments and Amendments

• Colorado:
  • 2019 Colorado Business Law Updates--The Colorado Business Corporation Act and the Colorado Corporations and Associations Act, by Avi Lowenstein and Herrick K. Lidstone Jr.
• Florida:
  • Proposal to Modify Chapter 607 of the Florida Statutes with Commentary (September 25, 2018) (Florida Business Corporation Act
  • Summary of Recently Adopted Changes to the Florida Business Corporation Act and Harmonizing Changes to Other Florida Entity Statutes, Part I by Philip Schwartz and Gary I. Teblum
  • Summary of Recently Adopted Changes to the Florida Business Corporation Act (Chapter 607) and Harmonizing Changes to Other Florida Entity Statutes, Part II by Philip Schwartz and Gary I. Teblum
• Iowa
  • Iowa Business Corporation Act, the First Comprehensive of Iowa’s Business Corporation Act in Over 30 Years by Willard L. Boyd III and David s. Walker
  • Text of House File 844
• North Carolina
  • Recent Revisions to the North Carolina Business Corporation Act by Heyward Armstrong, Dave Clement and Justin Truesdale

Prior Versions of the MBCA

• 2021 Revision
• 2016 Revision
• 2013 Revision
• 1984 Revision
• 1969 Revision
• 1950 Version

Upcoming MBCA Programs

Check out the Corporate Laws Committee page for events and programs. 

Prior MBCA Workshops and CLE Programs

• The “New” Model Business Corporation Act:  Why States Should Adopt It (October 2, 2017)
• Ratifying Defective Corporate Acts (March 29, 2019).

White Papers and Other Resource Materials

• The Corporate Transparency Act -- Preparing for the Federal Database of Beneficial Ownership Information.
• Benefit Corporations and the Model Business Corporation Act (September 18, 2013). 

MBCA State Liaisons

State Liaisons to the Corporate Laws Committee keep the Committee abreast of corporate law developments in their respective states (primarily amendments of corporation laws and other legislation and important judicial decisions relating to corporation laws).  The Committee endeavors to keep State Liaisons abreast of amendments of the MBCA and solicits their comments from time to time with respect to proposed amendments and other matters.