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HB 2521 Failure to serve process; court may dismiss action if process has not been served within one year.
Introduced by: Sal R. Iaquinto | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Discontinuance for failure to serve process. Provides that a court may order that an action be discontinued if process has not been served within one year. The clerk of the court shall give notice to the plaintiff 30 days before ordering the discontinuance to provide him an opportunity to show that service was timely effected or that due diligence was exercised to have service timely effected. If such a showing is made, the case will remain on the court's docket. This bill shall not apply to asbestos litigation.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078904342 pdf
- 01/31/07 House: Printed as engrossed 078904342-E pdf
- 03/12/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2521ER) pdf
- 03/27/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078904342
- 01/09/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/07 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 01/26/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/07 House: Read first time
- 01/31/07 House: Read second time
- 01/31/07 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/31/07 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2521E
- 01/31/07 House: Printed as engrossed 078904342-E
- 02/01/07 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/02/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/19/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/07 Senate: Motion to reconsider Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/07 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/21/07 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/21/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/21/07 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/07 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/07 House: Enrolled
- 03/12/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2521ER)
- 03/12/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/19/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 498 (effective 7/1/07)
- 03/27/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)