IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3.992. (2025)

The Criminal Court Steering Committee (CCSC) filed a report proposing amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.992 (Criminal Punishment Code Scoresheet).¹ This report was filed in response to recent changes to section 921.0024(1), Florida Statutes (2024), that became effective July 1, 2025, and October 1, 2025. See ch. 2025-75, §§ 3-4, Laws of Fla.; ch. 2025-102, §§ 3-4, Laws of Fla.

After considering the report, we hereby amend rule 3.992 as proposed by the CCSC. First, we amend subdivision (a), section IX. ENHANCEMENTS, to add a 1.25 multiplier for Aggravated Animal Cruelty and a 1.5 multiplier for Fleeing or Attempting to Elude or Aggravated Fleeing or Eluding. Next, we amend the web address linking to the Criminal Punishment Code Scoresheet Preparation Manual in subdivision (a) because the current link is no longer valid. We also amend a heading in subdivision (b), section IV. PRIOR RECORD to “DESCRIPTION” so that it matches subdivision (a), section IV. PRIOR RECORD. Finally, we amend the title for subdivision (b), section II. to “ADDITIONAL OFFENSE(S)” instead of “ADDITIONAL OFFENSES(S).”

The Court hereby amends the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. Because of the nature of the scoresheet and to avoid confusion, the amendments are not indicated by underscoring or struck-through type but are directly incorporated into the forms. The amendments to the rule shall become effective immediately.

It is so ordered.

FOOTNOTES

1.   We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; see also Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(b).

PER CURIAM.

MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur.