Bill Summary

HB 157 Service of Process (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Redondo  CS Sponsors: Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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Summary
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. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
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committees of reference
   H Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
   H Judiciary Committee
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Actions
01/14/25
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Filed
01/22/25
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Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
01/22/25
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Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
03/03/25
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On Committee agenda - Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee, 03/05/25, 1:00 pm, 404 H
03/05/25
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Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/05/25
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Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/07/25
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Now in Judiciary Committee
03/11/25
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On Committee agenda - Judiciary Committee, 03/13/25, 10:00 am, 404 H
03/13/25
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Favorable by Judiciary Committee; 20 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/13/25
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Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
03/20/25
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Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/26/25
03/26/25
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Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 113 Yeas / 0 Nays)
03/27/25
SENATE
In Messages
03/31/25
SENATE
Received; Referred to Rules
04/16/25
SENATE
Withdrawn from Rules; Placed on Calendar, on 2nd Reading; Substituted for SB 0576; Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 36 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/16/25
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Ordered enrolled
04/16/25
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Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
04/22/25
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Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 04/29/25)
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bill text & filed amendments
0157
Filed on 01/14/25
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Amendment 476245
Redondo
Filed on 03/04/25
Adopted
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0157C1
Filed on 03/05/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
0157ER
Filed on 04/16/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
48.091
48.101
48.161
48.181
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