AB-667 • 2026

Professions and vocations: license examinations: interpreters.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Solache
Last action: 2025-09-11
Official status: Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Durazo.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not specify what constitutes a 'substantial number' of non-English-speaking applicants needing interpreters.

License Examinations for Interpreters

This law requires certain boards under the Department of Consumer Affairs to include a section in their license application forms where applicants can list their preferred languages and review if they need an interpreter.

What This Bill Does

Requires various boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs to include a section on language preferences in their license applications by January 1, 2027.
Asks each board to conduct an annual review starting July 1, 2027, to determine if there is a substantial number of non-English-speaking applicants who need interpreters.
Requires boards to report findings about the number of non-English-speaking applicants needing interpreters to the Legislature by January 1, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

Boards under the Department of Consumer Affairs
People applying for licenses from these boards

Terms To Know

Department of Consumer Affairs: A government department that oversees and regulates different professions to protect consumers.
License application: The form a person fills out when they want to get permission (a license) from the government to work in a certain profession.

Limits and Unknowns

It is not clear what happens if boards do not follow these requirements.
There are no details on how many non-English-speaking applicants need interpreters or what counts as 'substantial'.

Bill History

2025-09-11 California Legislative Information
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Durazo.
2025-09-08 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-05 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
2025-08-25 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-08-18 California Legislative Information
(Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2168.)
2025-08-18 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-08-07 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-07-14 California Legislative Information
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 California Legislative Information
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 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-18 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
2025-06-04 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 1976.)
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 23).
2025-05-07 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-21 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
2025-04-10 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended.
2025-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8).
2025-04-02 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
2025-04-01 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-03 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH.
2025-02-15 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2025-02-14 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 667, as amended, Solache.
Professions and vocations: license examinations: interpreters.
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
July 1, 2026,
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,
on
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.

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