republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2023/hb-331.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2023	HB 331	Florida HB 331 (2023)	bill	public lands and property public transportation real and personal property	enacted	2023-226	Overdorf	5	53	5	2023-01-23	2023-06-16	openstates	ocd-bill/55c4aec6-f0bf-4eac-b32f-6a88389670c7	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/331/ByCategory	e8ae74ca67cf27f262aaca31969412a5b61cda1b6005c2660403700248bce19b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. H 331 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 331 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 331 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. H 331 er (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/55c4aec6-f0bf-4eac-b32f-6a88389670c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).