On April 13, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 360 into law. This legislation alters the time period for bringing forward construction defect lawsuits, as well as modifies the current private right of action against a contractor for violation of the Florida Building Code.

First, SB 360 amends Section 95.11(3)(c), Florida Statutes, to reduce the statute of repose from ten years to seven years for actions founded on latent construction defects. The legislation also changes the manner in which this time period is calculated under both the seven-year statute of repose and four-year statute of limitations for construction defect cases.