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AB 1916STATE · CaliforniaIntroduced

Courts: court interpreters.

The Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act (the act) establishes procedures governing the employment and compensation of certified and registered trial court interpreters and court interpreters pro tempore employed by the courts to perform spoken language interpretation. Under existing law, these provisions do not apply to sign language interpreters. This bill would make the provisions of the act applicable to sign language interpreters. The bill would specify that spoken language includes American Sign Language for purposes of these provisions.

Voted 8/13/2026View source

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How representatives voted

63 yea·2 nay

Docket history

Action history

  1. 6/29/2026In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  2. 6/17/2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  3. 6/4/2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
  4. 5/6/2026Referred to Com. on JUD.
  5. 4/28/2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  6. 4/27/2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 2. Page 4836.)
  7. 4/27/2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 2.)
  8. 4/23/2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. 4/22/2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22).
  10. 3/17/2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.