The Florida Senate

SB 2796: Service of Process

GENERAL BILL by Crist

Service of Process; deletes requirement to use certified mail in service of subpoena on witness in specified types of cases; allows posting of criminal witness subpoena under specified conditions; allows party who had distress writ issued to deliver writ to sheriff in another county. Amends 48.031, 83.13.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  3/4/2003	Senate	• Filed
  4/10/2003	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary -SJ 00391
  4/17/2003	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/22/03, 2:15 pm, 37-S
  4/22/2003	Senate	• Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 00503
  4/23/2003	Senate	• Now in Judiciary -SJ 00503
  5/2/2003	Senate	• Died in Committee on Judiciary

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• SB 2796, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/7/2003 at 3:31 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 4/17/2003 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 1673	Service of Process	Simmons	Similar	Last Action: 5/2/2003 S Died in Committee on Criminal Justice Location:

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  241350 - Amendment	Criminal Justice	4/23/2003 6:33 PM		Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  4/22/2003 2:15 PM	Criminal Justice	8 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  48.031	Service of process generally; service of witness subpoenas.
  83.13	Levy of writ.

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