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1		HOUSE 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
15		HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16		we declare February 4 through February 11, 2023 as Court
17		Reporting and Captioning Week in the State of Illinois.