---
type: "Bill"
title: "CT REPORTER-PROFICIENCY TEST"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4226"
citation: "Illinois HB 4226 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curtis J. Tarver, II", "Don Harmon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-11-08"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/386c0cda-c57b-4f8c-89b8-b07f452908a5"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4226&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=150950&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "5278461f44f601457b585cd8e1a188ea24cd0c3ae9594339366714d21bd6d3c3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 4226 (103rd) — CT REPORTER-PROFICIENCY TEST

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.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4226.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4226eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4226sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4226enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive, Amendment 1 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive, Amendment 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curtis J. Tarver, II — primary (person)
- Don Harmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-11-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `filing`
- **2023-11-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-11-08** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-02-14** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 014-000-000
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2024-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2024-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
- **2024-05-17** Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-23** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
- **2024-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2024-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 013-000-000
- **2024-05-23** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2024-05-24** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
- **2024-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
- **2024-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Executive Committee
- **2024-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 012-000-000
- **2024-05-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 103-000-000
- **2024-05-25** House Concurs
- **2024-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0597 `became-law`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date July 1, 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/386c0cda-c57b-4f8c-89b8-b07f452908a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).