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AB-792 • 2026

Court interpreters.

Court interpreters.

Labor
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Lee
Last action
Official status
Chaptered
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Court Interpreters

This law allows a union to ask for bargaining across multiple regions if more than one region is negotiating in the same year, but only with mutual agreement.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows a recognized employee organization to request multiregional bargaining under specific conditions.
  • Requires that this option be used only when more than one region is bargaining during a calendar year.
  • Needs mutual consent from the recognized employee organization and the regional court interpreter employment relations committee.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Recognized employee organizations representing court interpreters
  • Regional court interpreter employment relations committees

Terms To Know

Multiregional bargaining
Negotiating terms of employment for workers across more than one geographic region at the same time.
Regional court interpreter employment relations committee
A group that sets pay and working rules for court interpreters in a specific area.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This option only works if both the employee organization and the regional committees agree to it.
  • The law does not change how regions set uniform pay or benefits within their own areas, as existing rules still apply.

Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

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Official Summary Text

Court interpreters.