AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 30, 2023
Signed Jun 14, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 6, 2023
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 28
Jun 6, 2023
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican3
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Jun 14, 2023
Signed into law
06/14/2023 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence
lower
Jun 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
06/06/2023 Senate read and passed
upper
May 30, 2023
Legislature · Passed
05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage
legislature
May 18, 2023
Committee
05/18/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 30, 2023
Introduced
03/30/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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