103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4226 Introduced , 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. LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4226 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 705 ILCS 70/7 from Ch. 37, par. 657 705 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. LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4226 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 705 ILCS 70/7 from Ch. 37, par. 657 705 ILCS 70/7 from Ch. 37, par. 657 705 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. LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b A BILL FOR HB4226LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b HB4226 LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b HB4226 LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b 1 AN ACT concerning courts. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Court Reporters Act is amended by changing 5 Section 7 as follows: 6 (705 ILCS 70/7) (from Ch. 37, par. 657) 7 Sec. 7. Proficiency tests. Each court reporter may be 8 required by the chief judge to shall take a test to verify his 9 or her proficiency within one year of employment. The test 10 shall be prepared and administered by the employer 11 representative in consultation with each of the other employer 12 representatives pursuant to standards set by rules. A 13 proficiency test passed prior to employment may be accepted by 14 the chief judge as proof of proficiency. 15 (Source: P.A. 101-581, eff. 1-1-20.) 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4226 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 705 ILCS 70/7 from Ch. 37, par. 657 705 ILCS 70/7 from Ch. 37, par. 657 705 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. LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b A BILL FOR 705 ILCS 70/7 from Ch. 37, par. 657 LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b HB4226 LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b