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CS/SB 328: Service of Process

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Margolis

Service of Process; Authorizes a sheriff to charge a fee for processing a writ of execution. Grants authorized process servers unannounced access to specified residential areas where a defendant or witness resides or is known to be. Authorizes a person attempting to serve process on the registered agent of a corporation to serve the process, in specified circumstances, on any employee of the registered agent during the first attempt at service even if the registered agent is temporarily absent from his or her office, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2011
 Last Action: 5/3/2011 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 59 (Ch. 2011-159) -SJ 743
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Regulated Industries (RI)
  3. Criminal Justice (CJ)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/3/2011 Senate • Filed
    1/5/2011 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Regulated Industries; Criminal Justice; Budget -SJ 33
    3/8/2011 Senate • Introduced -SJ 33
    3/17/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/22/11, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
    3/22/2011 Senate • CS by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 286
    3/24/2011 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 289
    3/28/2011 Senate • Now in Regulated Industries -SJ 286
    3/31/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 04/05/11, 10:15 am, 110 Senate Office Building
    4/5/2011 Senate • Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 322
    • Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 322
    4/7/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/12/11, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
    4/12/2011 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 468
    4/13/2011 Senate • Now in Budget -SJ 468
    4/29/2011 Senate • Withdrawn from Budget -SJ 614
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    5/2/2011 Senate • Placed on Consent Calendar, 05/03/11
    5/3/2011 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 743
    • Amendment(s) adopted (161648) -SJ 743
    • Substituted CS/HB 59 -SJ 743
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 59 (Ch. 2011-159) -SJ 743

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  • CS/SB 328, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/24/2011 at 2:39 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/24/2011 (pdf)
    Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) 4/4/2011 (pdf)
    Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) 4/5/2011 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 4/11/2011 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 4/12/2011 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 59 (er) Service of Process Julien Similar Last Action: 6/17/2011 Chapter No. 2011-159
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    161648 - Amendment
    Between lines 110 and 111 insert:     		Margolis 5/2/2011
    6:18 PM     		Senate: Adopted
    5/3/2011     		Web Page
    PDF
    745810 - Amendment
    Between lines 141 and 142 insert:     		Margolis 5/2/2011
    6:18 PM     		Senate: Adopted
    5/3/2011     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    4/5/2011 10:15 AM Regulated Industries 12 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/12/2011 1:00 PM Criminal Justice 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    30.231 Sheriffs’ fees for service of summons, subpoenas, and executions. Page 2 (pdf)
    48.031 Service of process generally; service of witness subpoenas. Page 3 (pdf)
    48.081 Service on corporation. Page 4 (pdf)
    48.21 Return of execution of process. Page 4 (pdf)
    48.29 Certification of process servers. Page 5 (pdf)

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  • SB 328, Original Filed Version Posted 1/3/2011 at 3:08 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/21/2011 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 59 Service of Process Julien Identical Last Action: 6/17/2011 Chapter No. 2011-159
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    362628 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Judiciary
    (Braynon)     		3/21/2011
    8:24 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/22/2011     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/22/2011 8:00 AM Judiciary 7 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. Page 1 (pdf)
    48.29 Certification of process servers. Page 1 (pdf)

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