Case Title: In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.425

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State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2016-02-04T00:00:00Z

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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. 
 
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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]