HB4226 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning courts.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Court Reporters Act is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

(705 ILCS 70/7) (from Ch. 37, par. 657)

Sec. 7. Proficiency tests. Each court reporter may be required by the chief judge to shall take a test to verify his or her proficiency within one year of employment. The test shall be prepared and administered by the employer representative in consultation with each of the other employer representatives pursuant to standards set by rules. A proficiency test passed prior to employment may be accepted by the chief judge as proof of proficiency.

(Source: P.A. 101-581, eff. 1-1-20.)