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The Florida Bar is not recommending changes to a Supreme Court COVID-19 Workgroup rules petition regarding remote technology, but it is suggesting committee notes or court comments. The proposed amendments are designed to facilitate greater use of remote proceedings and center on a proposed rewrite to Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.530…

A Central Florida lawmaker has filed a measure that would make juvenile confessions inadmissible if obtained by “deception.” Rep. Travaris “Tray” McCurdy, D-Orlando, filed HB 109 September 15. The bill faces hearings in the Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee and Judiciary before reaching the House floor. So far, there is no Senate companion. The…

A South Florida lawmaker is renewing an effort to make it more difficult to amend the Florida Constitution. Rep. Rick Roth, R-Palm Beach Gardens, filed HJR 177 September 22. The measure has yet to receive committee references ahead of the 60-day session that convenes January 11. There is no Senate companion. The proposed ballot measure,…

Better data collection about guardianships in Florida and better information for the public about guardianships and alternatives are among the final recommendations of the Guardianship Improvement Task Force. The task force, created by the Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers, at its final meeting on September 23 also called for a closer look at how hospitals…