CS/SB 328 (2011) -  Service of Process

General Bill by Judiciary and 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: 07/01/2011
Last Event: 05/03/11 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 59 (Ch. 2011-159) -SJ 743 on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 3:35 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Judiciary
    • On agenda for: 03/22/11 8:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Regulated Industries
    • On agenda for: 04/05/11 10:15 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 12   Nays 0
  • Criminal Justice
    • On agenda for: 04/12/11 1:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 59 Subject: Service of Process Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 4/12/2011 8:59:27 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 4/11/2011 8:17:46 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Regulated Industries 4/5/2011 12:51:49 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Regulated Industries 4/4/2011 8:18:32 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 3/24/2011 6:05:29 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 3/21/2011 9:15:42 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 59 (Ch. 2011-159) -SJ 743 Time: 05/03/2011 - 3:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Substituted CS/HB 59 -SJ 743 Time: 05/03/2011 - 3:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Amendment(s) adopted (161648) -SJ 743 Time: 05/03/2011 - 3:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 743 Time: 05/03/2011 - 3:33 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Consent Calendar, 05/03/11 Time: 05/02/2011 - 4:36 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Time: 04/29/2011 - 4:03 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Withdrawn from Budget -SJ 614 Time: 04/29/2011 - 4:03 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Budget -SJ 468 Time: 04/13/2011 - 8:29 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 468 Time: 04/12/2011 - 4:37 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/12/11, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building Time: 04/07/2011 - 2:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 322 Time: 04/05/2011 - 1:24 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 322 Time: 04/05/2011 - 11:57 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 04/05/11, 10:15 am, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 03/31/2011 - 9:16 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Regulated Industries -SJ 286 Time: 03/28/2011 - 3:54 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 289 Time: 03/24/2011 - 7:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/24/2011 - 2:32 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S CS by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 286 Time: 03/22/2011 - 11:17 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/22/11, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 03/17/2011 - 4:20 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 33 Time: 03/07/2011 - 5:34 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Judiciary; Regulated Industries; Criminal Justice; Budget -SJ 33 Time: 01/05/2011 - 10:26 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/03/2011 - 3:08 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
30.231 CS/HB 59*
48.031 CS/HB 59*
48.081 CS/HB 59*, HB 1337, CS/SB 1878*
48.21 CS/HB 59*
48.29 CS/HB 59*

(*) Not the latest version