Judiciary
Primary
Service of Process; Expanding the hours during which registered agents are required to keep the designated registered office open for the purpose of process service; authorizing service of process by personally serving the receiver for specified domestic entities in receivership during pendency of the receivership; requiring that a certain substituted service of process be issued in the name of the party to be served in care of the Secretary of State; specifying that registered agents must have been designated under a specified provision for a specified purpose, etc.
Read 2nd time
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 157 (Ch. 2025-13)
Substituted CS/HB 157
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/16/25
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
Now in Rules
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
CS by Judiciary read 1st time
CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
Introduced
Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
Filed
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| S 576 Filed | PDF HTML |
| S 576 c1 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 866752 - Amendment to S 576 Filed | PDF HTML |
| Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (4/8/2025 3:54 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (4/7/2025 7:22 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) (4/1/2025 4:33 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) (3/31/2025 12:52 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Post-Meeting) (3/12/2025 2:54 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) (3/11/2025 7:46 AM) |
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