In the last few months, five states have adopted amendments to their expert evidence admissibility rules to conform with an recently amended federal rule.

In Florida, the work has begun to make the same changes.

On December 1, 2023, changes to Federal Rule 702 took effect. A group called Lawyer for Civil Justice said the changes were meant to make clear that judges bear the gatekeeping responsibility for ensuring expert testimony is based on reliable facts and methods – and that the testimony is correctly applied to the case – before it is presented in a courtroom.