Bill Commons

CA AB 1916

in committee

Courts: court interpreters.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1916 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 1916 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 1916 about?

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.

Who sponsors CA AB 1916?

Lee is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1916.

Description

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.

Introduced
2026-06-04
Latest action
2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Leeauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-13

    In committee: Held under submission.

  2. 2026-06-29

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  3. 2026-06-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  4. 2026-06-04

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  5. 2026-05-06

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  6. 2026-04-28

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  7. 2026-04-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 2. Page 4836.)

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  8. 2026-04-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2026-04-22

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22).

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  10. 2026-03-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. 2026-03-02

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  12. 2026-02-13

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  13. 2026-02-12

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-03-17 · pass · 11-1

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Sanchez: no

  • Do pass.

    2026-04-22 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Calderon: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 1916 Lee Assembly Third Reading

    2026-04-27 · pass · 64-2

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ward: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Macedo: other
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • Stefani: other
    • Bains: other
    • Bonta: other
    • Flora: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Boerner: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Bennett: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Bryan: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Davies: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Addis: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-16 · pass · 10-1

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Ashby: other
    • Weber Pierson: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2026-06-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1916

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