Court interpreters.

Labor

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Lee
Last action: 2025-10-03
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Court Interpreters Rules

This law allows groups representing court interpreters to negotiate with committees across different regions if more than one region is negotiating in the same year, as long as both sides agree.

What This Bill Does

Divides trial courts into four regions and sets up committees for each region.
Requires these committees to set rules about how much money court interpreters get paid and other work conditions within their region.
Allows different health benefits and pensions if they are the same as those given to other employees in the same court.
Permits trial courts to give extra pay to court interpreters under certain conditions.
Authorizes a recognized employee organization to request multiregional bargaining if more than one region is negotiating in the same year, with mutual consent.

Who It Names or Affects

Court interpreters
Regional court interpreter employment relations committees

Terms To Know

Recognized employee organization: A group that represents workers and has official approval to negotiate with employers.
Multiregional bargaining: Negotiations between a worker's union and multiple regional committees at the same time.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if both sides do not agree to multiregional bargaining.
It is unclear how this change will affect court interpreters' working conditions in practice.

Bill History

2025-10-03 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-03 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-11 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 1. Page 2919.).
2025-09-03 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-03 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2446.).
2025-08-20 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-19 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-07-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-25 California Legislative Information
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.
2025-06-12 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 JUD.
2025-05-07 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L., P.E. & R.
2025-04-29 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-04-28 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 5. Page 1318.)
2025-04-24 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 23).
2025-04-02 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-11 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
2025-03-10 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. E. & R. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-10 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
2025-02-19 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-02-18 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 792, Lee.
Court interpreters.
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.

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