[
  {
    "state": "Alabama",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "10A-2A, Article 17",
    "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=10A-2A-17.03",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Alaska",
    "status": "Gap",
    "form": "No dedicated for-profit benefit form identified",
    "code": "AS Title 10",
    "url": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#10",
    "evidence": "Current code contents and filing forms",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Arizona",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Title 10, Chapter 22",
    "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/arsDetail/?title=10",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Arkansas",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Arkansas Benefit Corporation Act",
    "url": "https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/bcs/BenefitCorpArticlesIncorporation_1.pdf",
    "evidence": "Current agency filing form",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "California",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation; also social purpose corporation",
    "code": "Corporations Code, Part 13",
    "url": "https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/misc/1123.html",
    "evidence": "Current state agency guide",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Colorado",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Public benefit corporation",
    "code": "7-101-503 formation election",
    "url": "https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/business/sampleForms/ARTINC_PCPBC.pdf",
    "evidence": "Current agency filing form",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Connecticut",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "33-1350–33-1364",
    "url": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_604.htm",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Delaware",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Public benefit corporation",
    "code": "8 Del. C. 361–368",
    "url": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc15/index.html",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Florida",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation; also social purpose corporation",
    "code": "607.601–607.613; Part III",
    "url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/Chapter607/PART_III",
    "evidence": "2026 code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Georgia",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Title 14, Chapter 2, Article 18",
    "url": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t14-(v12)-pdf.pdf",
    "evidence": "Official 2025 code supplement",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Hawaii",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Sustainable business corporation",
    "code": "HRS Chapter 420D",
    "url": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol08_Ch0401-0429/HRS0420D/HRS_0420D-.htm",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Idaho",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Title 30, Chapter 20",
    "url": "https://sos.idaho.gov/CORP/forms/CORP/Art%20of%20Incorp%20General.pdf",
    "evidence": "Current agency filing form",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Illinois",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "805 ILCS 40",
    "url": "https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3419&ActName=Benefit+Corporation+Act.&ChapAct=FullText&Chapter=&ChapterID=65&MajorTopic=&Print=True&SeqStart=",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Indiana",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "IC 23-1.3",
    "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/23/",
    "evidence": "2026 code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Iowa",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "490.1701–490.1706",
    "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/490.html",
    "evidence": "2026 code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Kansas",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Public benefit corporation",
    "code": "Chapter 17, Article 72a",
    "url": "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/017_000_0000_chapter/017_072a_0000_article/",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Kentucky",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Public benefit corporation",
    "code": "KRS Chapter 271B, integrated provisions",
    "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=38549",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Louisiana",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "R.S. 12, Chapter 27",
    "url": "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=814560",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Maine",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Title 13-C, Chapter 18",
    "url": "https://www.legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/13-C/title13-Cch18sec0.html",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Maryland",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Corporations and Associations, 5-6C",
    "url": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gca&enactments=false&section=5-6C-03",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Massachusetts",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "General Laws Chapter 156E",
    "url": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter156E",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Michigan",
    "status": "Gap",
    "form": "Proposed benefit corporation; not enacted",
    "code": "Business Corporation Act; SB 789 pending",
    "url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Act-284-of-1972",
    "evidence": "Current code through PA 103 of 2026; current bill history",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Minnesota",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Public benefit corporation: general or specific",
    "code": "Chapter 304A",
    "url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/304A",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Mississippi",
    "status": "Gap",
    "form": "No dedicated for-profit benefit form identified",
    "code": "Title 79; public/nonprofit PBC references are different",
    "url": "https://www.sos.ms.gov/publications-external-affairs/mississippi-law",
    "evidence": "Official publisher current code contents and full-source search",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Missouri",
    "status": "Gap",
    "form": "No dedicated for-profit benefit form identified",
    "code": "RSMo Chapter 351; nonprofit PBC under Chapter 355",
    "url": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=351",
    "evidence": "Current code and state agency guide",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Montana",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "35-1, Part 14",
    "url": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0350/chapter_0010/part_0140/sections_index.html",
    "evidence": "Current 2025 code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Nebraska",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Nebraska Benefit Corporation Act, 21-404 formation",
    "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=21-404",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Nevada",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "NRS Chapter 78B",
    "url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-078B.html",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "New Hampshire",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "RSA Chapter 293-C",
    "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/RSA/html/NHTOC/NHTOC-XXVII-293-C.htm",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "New Jersey",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "N.J.S.A. 14A:18",
    "url": "https://business.nj.gov/pages/choose-a-business-structure",
    "evidence": "Current state agency guide",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "New Mexico",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation designation",
    "code": "Business Corporation Act; 2020 HB 118",
    "url": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/2020/07/09/secretary-of-state-announces-the-creation-of-benefit-corporation-designation-for-new-mexico-businesses/",
    "evidence": "State agency confirmation of legal option",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "New York",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Business Corporation Law, Article 17",
    "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/BSC/A17",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "North Carolina",
    "status": "Gap",
    "form": "No dedicated for-profit benefit form identified",
    "code": "General Statutes Chapter 55",
    "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/Laws/GeneralStatuteSections/Chapter55",
    "evidence": "Current code and state agency guide",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "North Dakota",
    "status": "Gap",
    "form": "No dedicated for-profit benefit form identified",
    "code": "Century Code Title 10; Chapter 10-19.1",
    "url": "https://ndlegis.gov/general-information/north-dakota-century-code/index.html",
    "evidence": "Current code contents and full corporate act",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Ohio",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "R.C. 1701.01, 1701.03, 1701.96",
    "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1701.96",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Oklahoma",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "18 O.S., Chapter 24, 1201–1213",
    "url": "https://govt.westlaw.com/okjc/Browse/Home/Oklahoma/OfficialOklahomaStatutes?guid=NA375AD60C30211E995E5BDD69F6ABCD4",
    "evidence": "Official code publisher contents",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Oregon",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit company: corporation or LLC",
    "code": "ORS 60.750–60.770",
    "url": "https://sos.oregon.gov/business/register/pages/benefit-company.aspx",
    "evidence": "Current state filing instructions and code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Pennsylvania",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "15 Pa.C.S., Chapter 33",
    "url": "https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/15/00.033..HTM",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Rhode Island",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Chapter 7-5.3",
    "url": "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE7/7-5.3/INDEX.htm",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "South Carolina",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Title 33, Chapter 38",
    "url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t33c038.php",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "South Dakota",
    "status": "Gap",
    "form": "Proposed public benefit corporation; not enacted",
    "code": "SDCL Title 47; 2026 HB 1154 deferred",
    "url": "https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/47",
    "evidence": "Current full title and current bill history",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Tennessee",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "For-profit benefit corporation",
    "code": "T.C.A. Chapter 48-28",
    "url": "https://sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com/s3fs-public/document/SS-4417%20Charter%20For-Profit.pdf?VersionId=RqXnvqQmtsCgeCTAv_nF3uyw6DmD2Xui",
    "evidence": "Current agency charter form",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Texas",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Public benefit corporation",
    "code": "Business Organizations Code 21.951–21.959",
    "url": "https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/pdf/BO.21.pdf",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Utah",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Title 16, Chapter 10b",
    "url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/corporations/business-entities/benefit-corporation/",
    "evidence": "Current state filing instructions",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Vermont",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Title 11A, Chapter 21",
    "url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/11A/021",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Virginia",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Stock Corporation Act, Article 22",
    "url": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title13.1/chapter9/section13.1-782/",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Washington",
    "status": "Related",
    "form": "Social purpose corporation",
    "code": "RCW Chapter 23B.25",
    "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23b.25&full=true",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "West Virginia",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Chapter 31F",
    "url": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/31F/",
    "evidence": "Current code",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Wisconsin",
    "status": "Available",
    "form": "Benefit corporation",
    "code": "Chapter 204",
    "url": "https://dfi.wi.gov/Documents/BusinessServices/BusinessEntities/CORP61P.pdf",
    "evidence": "Current state formation instructions",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  },
  {
    "state": "Wyoming",
    "status": "Gap",
    "form": "No dedicated for-profit benefit form identified",
    "code": "Title 17; nonprofit PBC is Chapter 19",
    "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title17.pdf",
    "evidence": "Current full corporation title and state entity guide",
    "reviewed": "2026-10-10"
  }
]