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| Bill | 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. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2025 | HB 157 | Florida HB 157 (2025) |
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enacted | 2025-13 |
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3 | 39 | 2 | 2025-01-14 | 2025-05-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/009deecf-e862-4100-bb1c-45247f0c1687 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/157/ByCategory | 0e9c9fb10584e69bed11faad01efc5e68cf41061ccbc3ad140b526755404a6dd | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
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; origin ocd-bill/009deecf-e862-4100-bb1c-45247f0c1687. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).