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CA AB 792

enacted

Court interpreters.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 792 pass?

Yes. CA AB 792 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-03. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 792 about?

The existing Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act divides trial courts into 4 specified regions and establishes regional court interpreter employment relations committees for those regions. Existing law requires each committee to set terms and conditions of employment for court interpreters within the respective region, as specified. Existing law requires that compensation be uniform throughout the region. Existing law, with exceptions, requires that other terms and conditions of employment be uniform throughout the region, but authorizes health and welfare and pension benefits to be the same as those provided to other employees of the same trial court. Existing law authorizes trial courts to set additional local compensation subject to specified conditions. This bill would authorize a recognized employee organization to request a multiregional bargaining if more than one region is bargaining in a calendar year, subject to the mutual consent of the recognized employee organization and the regional court interpreter employment relations committee.

Who sponsors CA AB 792?

Lee is the primary sponsor of CA AB 792.

Description

The existing Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act divides trial courts into 4 specified regions and establishes regional court interpreter employment relations committees for those regions. Existing law requires each committee to set terms and conditions of employment for court interpreters within the respective region, as specified. Existing law requires that compensation be uniform throughout the region. Existing law, with exceptions, requires that other terms and conditions of employment be uniform throughout the region, but authorizes health and welfare and pension benefits to be the same as those provided to other employees of the same trial court. Existing law authorizes trial courts to set additional local compensation subject to specified conditions. This bill would authorize a recognized employee organization to request a multiregional bargaining if more than one region is bargaining in a calendar year, subject to the mutual consent of the recognized employee organization and the regional court interpreter employment relations committee.

Introduced
2025-03-10
Latest action
2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Leeauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-18

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-19

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  3. 2025-03-10

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. E. & R. Read second time and amended.

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  4. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.

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  5. 2025-03-11

    Re-referred to Com. on P. E. & R.

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  6. 2025-04-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 23).

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  8. 2025-04-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2025-04-28

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 5. Page 1318.)

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  10. 2025-04-29

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

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  11. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L., P.E. & R.

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  12. 2025-06-12

    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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  13. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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  14. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2025-08-19

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  16. 2025-08-20

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-09-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2446.).

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  18. 2025-09-03

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  19. 2025-09-04

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 1. Page 2919.).

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  20. 2025-09-11

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  21. 2025-10-03

    Approved by the Governor.

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  22. 2025-10-03

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/18/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-18Compare
  • 03/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-10Compare
  • 06/12/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-12Compare
  • 09/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-08Compare
  • 10/03/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-03Compare
  • AB792Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-02 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alanis: other
    • Lackey: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-04-23 · pass · 11-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Sanchez: other
    • Ta: other
    • Dixon: other

  • AB 792 Lee Assembly Third Reading

    2025-04-28 · pass · 61-5

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Davies: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Haney: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Flora: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Schultz: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Chen: other
    • Ta: other
    • Lackey: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ]

    2025-06-24 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Laird: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Niello: other
    • Valladares: other

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

    2025-07-09 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: no

  • 3rd Reading AB792 Lee By Durazo

    2025-09-03 · pass · 30-6

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Strickland: no
    • Jones: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Grove: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Choi: no
    • Valladares: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Niello: other
    • Dahle: other

  • AB 792 Lee Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-04 · pass · 64-1

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Mark González: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Ta: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Flora: other
    • Ahrens: other

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