Civil Procedure Rules Committee Regular-Cycle 2019 Amendments.

The Civil Procedure Rules Committee invites comments on the proposed rule amendments anticipated to be included in the committee's regular cycle report. The full text of the proposals can be found on The Florida Bar's website at www.FloridaBar.org. Interested persons have until August 15, 2018, to submit any comments, electronically, to Scott Dimond, incoming chair of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee, at sdimond@dkrpa.com, and to the Bar staff liaison, Mikalla Davis, at mdavis@floridabar.org.

Rule/Form Vote Explanation Rule 1.090 21-0-0 In subdivision (b), adds subdivision titles "In General" and "Exceptions" for greater clarity for the reader. Formats subdivisions (b)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(B) in a list in compliance with In re: Guidelines for Rules Submission, AOSC06-14 (Fla. 2006) In subdivision (b)(2), deletes the language "but it" and adds "the court" for clarity for the reader. Rule 1.310 31-0-0 In the first sentence of subdivision (b)(4), adds "audiovisually" and deletes "by videotape" to update the outdated, technology-specific term in the subdivision. In subdivision (b)(4)(A), replaces "videotape" and "videotaped" with "audiovisually record" and "audiovisually recorded" to update the outdated, technology-specific term in the subdivision. In the subdivision title of (b)(4)(B), replaces "Stenographer" with "Court Reporter" to update the outdated, technology-specific term in the subdivision title. In subdivision (b)(4)(B), replaces "videotaped" with "audiovisually recorded" and "recorded stenographically" with "transcribed" to update the outdated, technology-specific terms in the subdivision. In the subdivision title of (b)(4)(D), replaces "Tape" with "Recording" to update the outdated, technology-specific term in the subdivision. In subdivision (b)(4)(D), replaces "videotape" and "videotaping" with "audiovisually recording" to update the outdated, technology-specific terms in the subdivision. In the subdivision title of (b)(4)(E), replaces "Videotaped" with "Audiovisually Recorded" to update the outdated, technology-specific terms in the subdivision title. In subdivision (b)(4)(E), replaces "videotaping" with "audiovisual recording" and "recording" to update the outdated, technology-specific terms in the subdivision. In subdivision (c), replaces "taken stenographically" with "transcribed" to update the outdated, technology-specific terms in the subdivision. Rule 1.350 31-0-0 In subdivision (a), replaces "phono- records" with "audio...