---
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).