CA AB 667
introducedProfessions and vocations: license examinations: interpreters.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 667 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 667 has been introduced as of 2025-09-11 but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2025-09-11): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Durazo.
What is CA AB 667 about?
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.
Who sponsors CA AB 667?
Solache is the primary sponsor of CA AB 667.
Description
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.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-01
- Latest action
- 2025-09-11 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Durazo.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Solacheauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-14
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-15
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2025-03-03
Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH.
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2025-04-01
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
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2025-04-08
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8).
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2025-04-09
Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-10
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2025-04-21
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
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2025-05-07
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 23).
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 1976.)
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2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
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2025-06-25
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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.
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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.
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2025-08-07
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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.
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2025-08-18
(Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2168.)
2025-08-25
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-11
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Durazo.
Versions
- 02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
- 04/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-01Compare
- 04/09/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-09Compare
- 07/08/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-08Compare
- 08/18/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-18Compare
- 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
- 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]
2025-04-08 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Berman: yes
- Haney: yes
- Krell: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bains: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Chen: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Hadwick: other
- Irwin: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 13-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Dixon: no
- Sanchez: other
AB 667 Solache Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 71-1
Member-level votes (79)
- Berman: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Flora: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Soria: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bains: yes
- Addis: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Davies: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Gipson: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Hart: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Sanchez: other
- Ellis: other
- Hadwick: other
- Gallagher: other
- Irwin: other
- Chen: other
- Dixon: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-14 · pass · 8-1
Member-level votes (11)
- Ashby: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Choi: yes
- Strickland: no
- Weber Pierson: other
- Niello: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-25 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Grayson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: other
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
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