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type: "Bill"
title: "Service of Process"
description: "Service of Process; Authorizing the Department of State to electronically receive service of process under ch. 48, F.S.; revising procedures for service on partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited partnerships; requiring designation of registered agents and registered offices by certain partnerships, corporations, and companies; revising provisions related to service on public agencies and officers; providing for substituted service on certain nonresidents and foreign business entities and on individuals and foreign business entities concealing their whereabouts, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1062"
citation: "Florida SB 1062 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["business organizations", "executive branch", "regulation of trade", "commerce", "investments", "and", "torts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-190"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley", "Commerce and Tourism", "Judiciary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-11-29"
last_action: "2022-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/162d2c50-0a6c-4292-b2db-05813c832f4a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1062/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bdb58eb93a2c53a59551d084b95a924be120b458b3a965ffc75b4a152dd97743"
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 SB 1062 (2022) — Service of Process
Service of Process; Authorizing the Department of State to electronically receive service of process under ch. 48, F.S.; revising procedures for service on partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited partnerships; requiring designation of registered agents and registered offices by certain partnerships, corporations, and companies; revising provisions related to service on public agencies and officers; providing for substituted service on certain nonresidents and foreign business entities and on individuals and foreign business entities concealing their whereabouts, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-190.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 1062 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1062/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1062 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1062/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1062 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1062/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1062 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1062/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable — **170** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **100** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **100** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bradley — primary (person)
- Commerce and Tourism — primary (person)
- Judiciary — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-11-29** Filed `filing`
- **2021-12-13** Referred to Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/10/22, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-01-10** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2022-01-11** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2022-01-12** Now in Commerce and Tourism
- **2022-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/31/22, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2022-01-31** CS/CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-01** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-02** Now in Rules
- **2022-02-02** CS/CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
- **2022-02-07** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/22, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-10** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/17/22
- **2022-02-17** Read 2nd time -SJ 420, 421 `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-17** In Messages
- **2022-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
- **2022-02-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-03-03** Substituted for CS/CS/HB 545
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2022-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-16** Chapter No. 2022-190
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/162d2c50-0a6c-4292-b2db-05813c832f4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).