---
type: "Bill"
title: "Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property"
description: "Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property; Revising the time in which an action founded on the design, planning, or construction of an improvement to real property must be commenced; revising the date on which the statute of limitations period begins; providing for the calculation of the statute of limitations period for multi-dwelling buildings, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 360"
citation: "Florida SB 360 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "limitations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-22"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutson", "Judiciary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/291da587-b8d0-4a37-8c65-e3f483d29cb9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/360/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a08f145569818094c498965d0f4c63c5745fc931519442f03a6eee597a8f4aa8"
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 360 (2023) — Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property

Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property; Revising the time in which an action founded on the design, planning, or construction of an improvement to real property must be commenced; revising the date on which the statute of limitations period begins; providing for the calculation of the statute of limitations period for multi-dwelling buildings, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-22.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 360 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/360/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 360 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/360/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 360 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/360/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 360 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/360/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Returning Messages — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **16–4** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **89–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hutson — primary (person)
- Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/21/23, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-02-21** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 1
- **2023-02-22** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-02-23** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-03** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/08/23, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2023-03-08** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-03-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/15/23
- **2023-03-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** CS passed; YEAS 31 NAYS 8 `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Immediately certified
- **2023-03-15** In Messages
- **2023-03-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-03-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/23/2023)
- **2023-03-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/HB 85
- **2023-03-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 898697 adopted
- **2023-03-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** CS passed as amended; YEAS 89, NAYS 8 `passage`
- **2023-03-24** In returning messages
- **2023-03-29** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (898697)
- **2023-03-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 7 `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Chapter No. 2023-22

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/291da587-b8d0-4a37-8c65-e3f483d29cb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).