Oregon — The Oregon Secretary of State’s office is warning businesses about a letter from OR Certificates Services offering a certificate of good standing request form. Although the letter might appear to be from a government agency, it is not. The warning, which contains a sample of the letter, can be read here. Click on “Certificate of Standing Solicitation.”

Oklahoma — House Bill 2423, effective November 1, 2019, amends the Corporations title by authorizing new and existing business corporations to become benefit corporations with the purpose of providing general and specific public benefit as defined in the Bill.

Mississippi — The Mississippi Secretary of State has issued a warning cautioning the public not to open any e-mails or click on any links within e-mails from the domain “sos.state.ms.us”. An e-mail from that domain was not sent by the Secretary of State. These e-mails contain viruses and are used to harvest data from users. The official domain of the Mississippi Secretary of State is sos.ms.gov.

Oregon House Bill 2998 amends provisions regarding the requirements for the Secretary of State to file business organization documents.

New York Assembly Bill 6869 and Assembly Bill 6870 amend the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law.

Maryland Senate Bill 136, effective October 1, 2019, amends the Corporations and Associations Code.

Maine Legislative Document 1519 provides for the establishment of benefit corporations.

Virginia — The State Corporation Commission has posted an alert about solicitations being mailed to recently formed Virginia business entities titled “2019 CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING REQUEST FORM”. The alert advises that this solicitation is not from the Commission and encourages any Virginia business entity that receives the solicitation to consult with its lawyer or business advisor before returning a completed form and payment.

Maryland Senate Bill 137 amends the General Corporation Law.