Supreme Court of Florida
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No. SC15-912
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IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF JUDICIAL
ADMINISTRATION 2.425.
[February 4, 2016]
PER CURIAM.
This matter is before the Court for consideration of proposed out-of-cycle
amendments to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.425 (Minimization of the
Filing of Sensitive Information). See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.140(f).1 We amend
rule 2.425, as requested by the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee and proposed
by the Rules of Judicial Administration Committee.
The Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar
unanimously approved the proposed amendments. The Court published the
amendments for comment. No comments were filed.
1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.
We amend subdivision (b)(8) (Exceptions in Traffic and Criminal
Proceedings) of rule 2.425 to add two new items to the list of documents and
information filed in criminal cases that are exempt from the minimization
requirements of subdivision (a) (Limitation for Court Filings) of the rule. New
subdivision (b)(8)(H) exempts “information needed to contact witnesses who will
support the defendant’s claim of newly discovered evidence under Florida Rule of
Criminal Procedure 3.851.” Subdivision (b)(8)(I) exempts “information needed to
complete a sentencing scoresheet.”
Accordingly, we amend the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration as
reflected in the appendix to this opinion. The new language is indicated by
underscoring. The new rule shall become effective immediately upon the release
of this opinion.
It is so ordered.
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON,
and PERRY, JJ., concur.
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS.
Original Proceeding – Florida Rules of Judicial Administration
Amy Singer Borman, Chair, Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, West
Palm Beach, Florida; Murray Bruce Silverstein, Past Chair, Rules of Judicial
Administration Committee, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tampa, Florida; John F.
Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, and Krys Godwin, Bar Staff Liaison, The
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Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
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APPENDIX
RULE 2.425. MINIMIZATION OF THE FILING OF SENSITIVE
INFORMATION
(a) Limitation for Court Filings. Unless authorized by subdivision (b),
statute, another rule of court, or the court orders otherwise, designated sensitive
information filed with the court must be limited to the following format:
(1) The initials of a person known to be a minor;
(2) The year of birth of a person’s birth date;
(3) No portion of any
(A) social security number,
(B) bank account number,
(C) credit card account number,
(D) charge account number, or
(E) debit account number;
(4) The last four digits of any
(A) taxpayer identification number (TIN),
(B) employee identification number,
(C) driver’s license number,
(D) passport number,
(E) telephone number,
(F) financial account number, except as set forth in
subdivision (a)(3),
(G) brokerage account number,
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(H) insurance policy account number,
(I) loan account number,
(J) customer account number, or
(K) patient or health care number;
(5) A truncated version of any
(A) email address,
(B) computer user name,
(C) password, or
(D) personal identification number (PIN); and
(6) A truncated version of any other sensitive information as
provided by court order.
(b) Exceptions. Subdivision (a) does not apply to the following:
(1) – (7) [No Change]
(8) In traffic and criminal proceedings
(A) – (G) [No Change]
(H) information needed to contact witnesses who will support
the defendant’s claim of newly discovered evidence under Florida Rule of
Criminal Procedure 3.851;
(I) information needed to complete a sentencing scoresheet;
(9) – (10) [No Change]
(c) – (e) [No Change]
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