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IntroducedJan 14, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 26, 2025
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Passed SenateApr 16, 2025
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Signed into Law
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.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 16, 2025: Ordered enrolled
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Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 157
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommitteeprimary
Votes
YES: 113
- Abbott
- Dunkley
- Nix
- Albert
- Edmonds
- Alvarez, D.
- Eskamani
- Oliver
- Alvarez, J.
- Esposito
- Overdorf
- Anderson
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Andrade
- Franklin
- Partington
- Antone
- Gantt
- Perez
- Garrison
- Persons-Mulicka
- Baker
- Gentry
- Plakon
- Bankson
- Gerwig
- Plasencia
- Barnaby
- Giallombardo
- Porras
- Bartleman
- Gonzalez Pittman
- Rayner
- Basabe
- Gossett-Seidman
- Redondo
- Benarroch
- Gottlieb
- Rizo
- Berfield
- Greco
- Robinson, F.
- Black
- Griffitts
- Robinson, W.
- Blanco
- Grow
- Rosenwald
- Booth
- Harris
- Salzman
- Borrero
- Hart
- Sapp
- Botana
- Hinson
- Shoaf
- Brackett
- Holcomb
- Sirois
- Bracy Davis
- Hunschofsky
- Skidmore
- Brannan
- Jacques
- Smith
- Buchanan
- Johnson
- Snyder
- Busatta
- Joseph
- Kendall
- Stark
- Canady
- Kincart Jonsson
- Steele
- Caruso
- Koster
- Tant
- Casello
- LaMarca
- Temple
- Cassel
- López, J.
- Tendrich
- Chamberlin
- Lopez, V.
- Tomkow
- Chambliss
- Maggard
- Trabulsy
- Chaney
- Maney
- Tramont
- Cobb
- Tuck
- Conerly
- McClure
- Valdés
- Cross
- McFarland
- Weinberger
- Daley
- Melo
- Woodson
- Daniels
- Yarkosky
- Driskell
- Miller
- Yeager
- Duggan
- Mooney
NO: 0
Actions
- Apr 16, 2025 | House
- In Messages
- Ordered enrolled
- Apr 16, 2025 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Rules
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Substituted for CS/SB 576
- Read 2nd time
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
- Immediately certified
- Apr 02, 2025 | Senate
- Received
- Mar 31, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Rules
- Mar 27, 2025 | Senate
- In Messages
- Mar 26, 2025 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Placed on 3rd reading
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
- Mar 20, 2025 | House
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/26/2025)
- Mar 13, 2025 | House
- Favorable by Judiciary Committee
- Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- Bill released to House Calendar
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Mar 11, 2025 | House
- Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- Mar 07, 2025 | House
- Referred to Judiciary Committee
- Now in Judiciary Committee
- Mar 06, 2025 | House
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- Mar 05, 2025 | House
- Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- Mar 04, 2025 | House
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Mar 03, 2025 | House
- Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 22, 2025 | House
- Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Referred to Judiciary Committee
- Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Jan 14, 2025 | House
- Filed