---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Construction"
description: "Public Construction; Requiring that certain contracts provide the estimated cost to complete each item on a specified list; revising the timeframe within which proceedings must commence to resolve disputes between vendors and local governmental entities; requiring that undisputed portions of payment requests be paid within a specified timeframe; revising the conditions that require a public entity to pay or release amounts subject to certain disputes or claims, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 346"
citation: "Florida SB 346 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public lands and property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-134"
primary_sponsors: ["Community Affairs", "DiCeglie", "Governmental Oversight and Accountability"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adace3e1-913c-4d4b-8a55-e2e93e8558ba"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/346/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bb82dcc5b96ea7811b1a5058c948ed6871b1c53a142bd8678f1e1b319db27710"
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 346 (2023) — Public Construction

Public Construction; Requiring that certain contracts provide the estimated cost to complete each item on a specified list; revising the timeframe within which proceedings must commence to resolve disputes between vendors and local governmental entities; requiring that undisputed portions of payment requests be paid within a specified timeframe; revising the conditions that require a public entity to pay or release amounts subject to certain disputes or claims, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-134.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 346 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/346/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 346 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/346/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 346 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/346/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 346 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/346/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **83–29** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Community Affairs — primary (person)
- DiCeglie — primary (person)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-10** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/15/23, 1:00 pm, 401 Senate Building
- **2023-03-15** CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
- **2023-03-17** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-17** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2023-03-21** CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
- **2023-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/29/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-29** CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
- **2023-03-30** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-30** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-30** CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- **2023-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/19/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-19** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 29 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-134

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adace3e1-913c-4d4b-8a55-e2e93e8558ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).