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