103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4226

 

Introduced 11/8/2023, by Rep. Jay Hoffman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 70/7  from Ch. 37, par. 657

    Amends the Court Reporters Act. Provides that each court reporter may be required by the chief judge to (rather than shall) take a test to verify his or her proficiency within one year of employment.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Court Reporters Act is amended by changing
5Section 7 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 70/7)  (from Ch. 37, par. 657)
7    Sec. 7. Proficiency tests. Each court reporter may be
8required by the chief judge to shall take a test to verify his
9or her proficiency within one year of employment. The test
10shall be prepared and administered by the employer
11representative in consultation with each of the other employer
12representatives pursuant to standards set by rules. A
13proficiency test passed prior to employment may be accepted by
14the chief judge as proof of proficiency.
15(Source: P.A. 101-581, eff. 1-1-20.)