HCS SS SCS SB 840 -- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS Under current law, actions to recover for personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death caused by a defective condition in the design, planning, or construction of an improvement to real property must be commenced within 10 years of the date the improvement is completed. This bill adds economic loss to the items of damage that may be recovered and specifies that if an occupancy permit is issued, the 10-year statute of limitation begins to run on that issue date.