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Bill	PERSONNEL CD-BILINGUAL PAY	Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that a bilingual pay supplement shall go into effect within 30 calendar days after an employee presents to the Director or the Director's designee a certification from either: (i) the designated testing program process selected by the Director; or (ii) an Illinois community college confirming that language skill proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking has been satisfied by the employee. Provides for the acceptance of certifications of linguistic competence from pre-approved third parties for needs that require a certain linguistic ability. Provides further requirements concerning the testing and certification of linguistic ability for job positions.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 4740	Illinois HB 4740 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Deanne M. Mazzochi John F. Curran	4	46	3	2022-01-24	2022-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/7f9f53c9-bb25-4080-a8d6-7823dd4da441	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4740&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=139185&SessionID=110&GA=102	741059a7ea1658774ae6ee3a6a8ea62ddcaa4351d06ecaa8f0623adb8f966c36	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4740 (102nd) — PERSONNEL CD-BILINGUAL PAY

Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that a bilingual pay supplement shall go into effect within 30 calendar days after an employee presents to the Director or the Director's designee a certification from either: (i) the designated testing program process selected by the Director; or (ii) an Illinois community college confirming that language skill proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking has been satisfied by the employee. Provides for the acceptance of certifications of linguistic competence from pre-approved third parties for needs that require a certain linguistic ability. Provides further requirements concerning the testing and certification of linguistic ability for job positions.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion — 79–8 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Deanne M. Mazzochi — primary (person)
• John F. Curran — primary (person)
• Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
• Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Bos — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
• Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi filing
• 2022-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-01-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Do Pass / Consent Calendar Personnel & Pensions Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-02-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2022-02-22 Racial Impact Note Requested by Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2022-02-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Personnel & Pensions Committee
• 2022-02-24 Removed from Consent Calendar Status Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
• 2022-02-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-02-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Personnel & Pensions Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2022-03-02 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-03-02 Note / Motion Filed - Note Act Does Not Apply Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
• 2022-03-02 Motion Prevailed 079-008-003
• 2022-03-02 Racial Impact Note Request is Inapplicable
• 2022-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2022-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2022-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
• 2022-03-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
• 2022-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Bos
• 2022-03-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2022-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
• 2022-03-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-08 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2022-03-25 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2022
• 2022-03-30 Do Pass State Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2022-03-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2022
• 2022-03-31 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-03-31 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
• 2022-03-31 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
• 2022-03-31 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2022-04-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-05-27 Effective Date January 1, 2023
• 2022-05-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0952 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f9f53c9-bb25-4080-a8d6-7823dd4da441. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).