HB4861 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4861

Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Dagmara Avelar

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Diversity Data in Illinois Bar Admissions Act. Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts to report annually to the General Assembly on each year's Illinois bar admissions passage and failure rates of applicants to include, but not be limited to, data by ethnicity, race, and socioeconomic status.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning courts.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Diversity Data in Illinois Bar Admissions Act.

Section 5. Diversity data in Illinois bar admissions. The Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall report annually to the General Assembly on each year's Illinois bar admissions detailing passage and failure rates of applicants to include diversity data to include, but not be limited to, data by ethnicity, race, and socioeconomic status.