---
type: "Bill"
title: "Liens and Bonds"
description: "Liens and Bonds; Revises liens & bonds laws, including provisions relating to when notices must be served; notarizing forms; alternative forms of security; direct contracts; computation of time; extent of certain liens; requirements for notice of commencement, notice of termination, & notice of contest of lien; transferring lien to security; service of documents; immunity to issuing authority; & release of liens; & authorizes attorney fees in certain actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "Florida HB 331 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public lands and property", "public transportation", "real and personal property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-226"
primary_sponsors: ["Overdorf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55c4aec6-f0bf-4eac-b32f-6a88389670c7"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/331/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e8ae74ca67cf27f262aaca31969412a5b61cda1b6005c2660403700248bce19b"
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 HB 331 (2023) — Liens and Bonds

Liens and Bonds; Revises liens & bonds laws, including provisions relating to when notices must be served; notarizing forms; alternative forms of security; direct contracts; computation of time; extent of certain liens; requirements for notice of commencement, notice of termination, & notice of contest of lien; transferring lien to security; service of documents; immunity to issuing authority; & release of liens; & authorizes attorney fees in certain actions.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-226.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 331 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/331/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 331 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/331/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 331 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/331/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 331 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/331/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 331 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/331/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Overdorf — primary (person)
- Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-02-07** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-14** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-02-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-02-15** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-10** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-03-23** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-23** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2023-04-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Amendment 200001 adopted
- **2023-04-25** Amendment 751111 adopted as amended
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 624
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-226

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55c4aec6-f0bf-4eac-b32f-6a88389670c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).