Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Service of Process"
+description: "Service of Process; Expands hours during which registered agents are required to keep designated registered office; specifies that certain registered agents may be served process in specified manner; authorizes service of process by personally serving receiver for specified domestic entities in receivership during pendency of receivership; requires that certain substituted service of process be issued in name of party to be served in care of SOS; authorizes use of specified substituted service method; provides that SOS & DOS are not parties to lawsuits & may not be served additional court filings by reason of specified substituted service; authorizes substituted service on SOS in specified circumstances; provides retroactive application."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 157"
+citation: "Florida HB 157 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2025-13"
+primary_sponsors: ["Redondo"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-14"
+last_action: "2025-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/009deecf-e862-4100-bb1c-45247f0c1687"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/157/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "0e9c9fb10584e69bed11faad01efc5e68cf41061ccbc3ad140b526755404a6dd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
+---
+
+# Florida HB 157 (2025) — Service of Process
+
+Service of Process; Expands hours during which registered agents are required to keep designated registered office; specifies that certain registered agents may be served process in specified manner; authorizes service of process by personally serving receiver for specified domestic entities in receivership during pendency of receivership; requires that certain substituted service of process be issued in name of party to be served in care of SOS; authorizes use of specified substituted service method; provides that SOS & DOS are not parties to lawsuits & may not be served additional court filings by reason of specified substituted service; authorizes substituted service on SOS in specified circumstances; provides retroactive application.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-13.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 157 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/157/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 157 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/157/BillText/c1/PDF)
+3. **H 157 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/157/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee — primary (organization)
+- Redondo — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-14** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-01-22** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-22** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
+- **2025-03-03** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
+- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-05** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-05** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
+- **2025-03-05** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2025-03-05** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-06** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-07** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-07** Now in Judiciary Committee
+- **2025-03-11** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
+- **2025-03-13** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-13** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
+- **2025-03-13** Bill released to House Calendar
+- **2025-03-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
+- **2025-03-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/26/2025)
+- **2025-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-26** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-26** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2025-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-26** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** In Messages
+- **2025-03-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-02** Received `enrolled`
+- **2025-04-16** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
+- **2025-04-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2025-04-16** Substituted for CS/SB 576
+- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Immediately certified
+- **2025-04-16** In Messages
+- **2025-04-16** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-04-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-01** Chapter No. 2025-13
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/009deecf-e862-4100-bb1c-45247f0c1687`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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