Full Text of SR0718 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, For half a century, the Illinois Court Reporters | 3 | | Association (ILCRA) has been the preeminent association in | 4 | | Illinois to provide continual training to Certified Shorthand | 5 | | Reporters (CSRs), also known as court reporters, on | 6 | | professionalism, neutrality, confidentiality, and ethics for | 7 | | the benefit of all litigants, defendants, and the people of | 8 | | this State; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Illinois court reporters are licensed CSRs who | 10 | | diligently serve as Guardians of the Record, safeguarding | 11 | | litigants' personal, private, confidential, and proprietary | 12 | | information so that such information is not improperly | 13 | | released to the public; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Using advanced technology, court reporters write | 15 | | in shorthand, a simultaneous verbatim report of the spoken | 16 | | word, in pretrial depositions and hearings, trials, | 17 | | arbitrations, and sworn statements, which are the critical | 18 | | foundation to the pursuit of justice in every legal | 19 | | proceeding; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Illinois shorthand reporters and real-time | 21 | | captioners provide Communication Access Realtime Translation | 22 | | (CART) by captioning for attorneys, litigants, and jurors in |
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| 1 | | legal proceedings, at business meetings, at educational | 2 | | classes and lectures, at sporting events, and at arts | 3 | | performances for many Illinoisans who are deaf or | 4 | | hard-of-hearing, have auditory processing disabilities, or for | 5 | | whom English is not their first language; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Court reporters and captioners preserve history | 7 | | for all Americans by translating spoken word into readable, | 8 | | searchable, storable, and usable text and electronic media; | 9 | | and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Illinois CSRs are licensed by the State as the | 11 | | services provided by shorthand reporters and court reporters | 12 | | have long been declared to affect the public health, safety, | 13 | | and welfare of the people of Illinois; therefore, be it | 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare February 3 | 16 | | through February 10, 2024 as Court Reporting and Captioning | 17 | | Week in the State of Illinois. |
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