Sep 1, 2026 · LawyerUnc editorial · Florida · SOL · YMYL

Florida still gives you two years. The subsection number moved.

Ordinary negligence is still two years after HB 837. In the 2026 Florida Statutes that clock lives at § 95.11(5)(a), not the (4)(a) citation from the 2023 session law.

Last checked Sep 1, 2026 · LawyerUnc editorial. Educational only, not legal advice.

The trap is not the number of years. It is the date you were hurt, and now the subsection lawyers keep copying.

HB 837, effective March 24, 2023, cut Florida general negligence from four years to two. If the crash was March 23, 2023, you may still be on the old four-year clock. If it was March 25, you are on two. Waiting until the bills settle is how the second group dies.

The 2026 official compilation on Online Sunshine numbers that two-year negligence action as Fla. Stat. § 95.11(5)(a) ('An action founded on negligence'). Wrongful death is § 95.11(5)(e). Libel and slander are § 95.11(5)(h). Medical malpractice remains § 95.11(5)(c), with the four-year repose. We had been printing (4)(a) from the 2023 session-law numbering. The years did not change. The pin cite did.

PIP is still a different claim from the at-fault driver. Accrual, tolling, and repose can move a date. This is a map, not a filing deadline. Last checked 1 September 2026 against the 2026 Florida Statutes, § 95.11.