---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commencement of Civil Actions"
description: "Commencement of Civil Actions; Removes requirement that Florida Commission on Human Relations send certain information to certain persons by registered mail; requires certain civil actions to be commenced within specified periods."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1407"
citation: "Florida HB 1407 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil rights"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-116"
primary_sponsors: ["Duggan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37b0dc12-4bc3-4c23-b2ae-8b1d0b60ca20"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1407/ByCategory"
source_hash: "46c52cb097d7ca770d422f8d76a7895b348c914c0ffee2bbeeb780db17c5b52d"
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 1407 (2026) — Commencement of Civil Actions

Commencement of Civil Actions; Removes requirement that Florida Commission on Human Relations send certain information to certain persons by registered mail; requires certain civil actions to be commenced within specified periods.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-116.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1407 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1407/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1407 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1407/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1407 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1407/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duggan — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2026-01-27** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-29** Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2026-01-29** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2026-01-30** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2026-02-03** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-03** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** In Messages
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Substituted for CS/SB 1096
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** In Messages
- **2026-03-09** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Chapter No. 2026-116

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37b0dc12-4bc3-4c23-b2ae-8b1d0b60ca20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).