---
type: "Bill"
title: "Construction Liens"
description: "Construction Liens; Revising the threshold for determining whether certain direct contracts to repair or replace an existing heating or air-conditioning system are exempt from specified notice of commencement and applicability of lien requirements for authorities issuing building permits, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 352"
citation: "Florida SB 352 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["real and personal property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-120"
primary_sponsors: ["Hooper"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-09-27"
last_action: "2022-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e82fdc0-c0b9-45e9-9629-678128f484ad"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/352/ByCategory"
source_hash: "10e1e1898818d5a8f621008f39c18346a9d1776ddfeaf655ca99293af738ffb8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 352 (2022) — Construction Liens

Construction Liens; Revising the threshold for determining whether certain direct contracts to repair or replace an existing heating or air-conditioning system are exempt from specified notice of commencement and applicability of lien requirements for authorities issuing building permits, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-120.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 352 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/352/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 352 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/352/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-09-27** Filed `filing`
- **2021-10-13** Referred to Community Affairs; Regulated Industries; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-25** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 11/03/21, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-11-03** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-03** Now in Regulated Industries
- **2022-01-06** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/11/22, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-12** Now in Rules
- **2022-01-14** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/20/22, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-01-20** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-01-31** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/03/22
- **2022-02-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-03** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-03** In Messages
- **2022-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
- **2022-02-28** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-03-03** Substituted for CS/CS/HB 263
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-19** Chapter No. 2022-120

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e82fdc0-c0b9-45e9-9629-678128f484ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).