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Authors Solache  
Subject Professions and vocations: license examinations: interpreters.
Relating To relating to professions and vocations.
Title An act to add Section 41 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.
Last Action Dt 2025-09-05
State Amended Senate
Status In Floor Process
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Bill Actions
2025-09-11     Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Durazo.
2025-09-08     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-05     Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-09-02     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
2025-08-29     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-08-25     In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-08-18     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-08-18     (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2168.)
2025-08-07     In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-07-14     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-08     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
2025-06-25     In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-18     Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
2025-06-04     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-03     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 1976.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 23).
2025-05-07     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-21     Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
2025-04-10     Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-04-09     Read second time and amended.
2025-04-08     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8).
2025-04-02     Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
2025-04-01     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-03     Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH.
2025-02-15     From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2025-02-14     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Amended Senate     2025-09-05
Amended Senate     2025-08-29
Amended Senate     2025-08-18
Amended Senate     2025-07-08
Amended Assembly     2025-04-09
Amended Assembly     2025-04-01
Introduced     2025-02-14
Analyses TBD
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Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of various boards that license and regulate various professions.

This bill would require various boards under the jurisdiction of the Department of Consumer Affairs, by January 1, 2027, to include an additional section in a license application for an applicant to identify their preferred written, spoken, and signed languages. The bill would require each board, beginning on July 1, 2027, to conduct an annual review of applicants’ language preferences, and, by July 1, 2027, to also determine whether there is a substantial number of non-English-speaking applicants, as defined, who require the services of an interpreter. The bill would require each board to report the determinations to the Legislature by January 1, 2028, and, beginning January 1, 2029, to annually report to specified legislative committees on the language preference data collected from license applications.