A bill to provide for the statewide coordination of equal language access to state services by individuals with limited English proficiency; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; and to establish a process for submitting complaints and obtaining remedies for lack of equal language access and for denials of equal access based on one’s national origin.
Senate Bill 382 would create a new act called the Equal Language Access to State Services Act to require that state departments, agencies, and entities take reasonable steps to provide access to state services by individuals with limited English proficiency and to require biennial reports on equal language access. Senate Bill 373 would create the Statewide Equal Language Access Coordination Act to provide for statewide coordination of equal access to state services by individuals with limited English proficiency and a process for submitting complaints and obtaining remedies for lack of equal language access or denial of equal access based on national origin.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Passed in the Senate 24 to 13 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
Reported without amendment
