Broward AO 2026-03-GEN (Amendment 2) — Use of Artificial Intelligence in Court Filings [PREEMPTED — UNRESCINDED]
Summary
Broward AO 2026-03-GEN (Amendment 2) — Use of Artificial Intelligence in Court Filings [PREEMPTED — UNRESCINDED]
Requirement
[PREEMPTED effective 2026-06-15 by Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2) as amended by SC2026-0673, and AOSC26-12 ("courts may not impose such requirements – whether through local administrative orders, court policies, judicial practices and procedures, or other means"). UNLIKE the 11th Circuit (AO 1-26-18) and 18th Circuit (AO 26-24), BROWARD HAS ENTERED NO RESCISSION: the order remains on the official General AO index as of 2026-07-19/20, verified by two independent researchers (full 2026 GEN series through 2026-27 contains no rescinding order). Amendment 2 vacated only its own Amendment 1.] Entered May 19, 2026 by Chief Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips, expressly "in coordination with the Administrative Order No. 26-15 issued by the Eleventh Judicial Circuit" (recital (f)) — the 11th rescinded its half of that coordination effective June 15; Broward did not. VERBATIM operative core (¶6, live-fetched + sha256-hashed): "Mandatory Disclosure of Generative AI Use: a. Any attorney or pro se litigant who uses any generative artificial intelligence tool in the preparation of court filings, drafting pleadings, review of pleadings, drafting documents, review of documents, filing documents, review of discovery, preparation of requests for discovery, preparation of proposed orders, or any other court documents, must disclose such use at the conclusion of the submission or immediately above the signature block." The order further requires a certification of personal review and accuracy of factual statements, legal arguments and citations, and provides for sanctions for noncompliance. Attorney-responsibility provisions cite Bar Rules 4-1.1, 4-1.6, 4-3.3, 4-5.1, 4-5.3, SC2024-0032, and Ethics Op. 24-1.
Source of truth
- Official source
- https://www.17th.flcourts.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/AO2026-03-GEN-Amendment-2-Use-of-AI-in-Court-Filings-2.pdf
- Source health
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- Effective date
- May 18, 2026
- Last verified
- July 19, 2026fable-5 17th-circuit arbitrated ingest 2026-07-20
Reviewer note: LARGEST preempted-but-posted holdout in Florida: a circuit-wide OWN-MANDATE surviving unrescinded. superseded_by → fl-rja-2-515-authorities-exist. Weekly watch for rescission/removal.
Related rules
AO 2026-03-Gen — Use of AI in Court Filings [VACATED eff. 6/15/2026 by AO 2026-19-Gen]
The 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.
AO 24-20 — Circuit Civil Active Case Management
Every circuit-civil case reviewed within 120 days of commencement and assigned a track (complex, streamlined, or general); case management orders required; firm continuance policy; sanctions for missed deadlines. Rescinds AO 21-09.
AM 23-C — Uniform Average Time Standards for hearings
Circuit-civil hearing-availability standards: motion calendars ~2 weeks from request; 15-30 min special sets within 45-60 days; longer special sets scale.
AO 22-02 — Docket index numbers on notices + proposed orders
Every attorney-generated notice of hearing and every proposed order must list the docket index number / motion identifier of the motion at issue.