Florida House Bill 157 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-22 - Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
Pending: House Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Service of Process

Rep. Mike Redondo [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-22	House	Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
2025-01-22	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2025-01-22	House	Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
2025-01-14	House	Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
48	091		Amended Code	See Bill Text
48	101		Amended Code	See Bill Text
48	161		Amended Code	See Bill Text
48	181		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/157
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/157/BillText/Filed/PDF