HB1748 • 2025

Relating to the appointment of spoken language interpreters for certain court proceedings.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Darby
Last action: 2025-04-29
Official status: 04/29/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to the appointment of spoken language interpreters for certain court proceedings.

What This Bill Does

Relating to the appointment of spoken language interpreters for certain court proceedings.

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Bill History

2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to State Affairs
2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the House
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#583
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Reported engrossed
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Passed to engrossment
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#542
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-04-11 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online
Committee substitute considered in committee
2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably as substituted
2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
2025-01-07 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the appointment of spoken language interpreters for certain court proceedings.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 1748 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R19744 AMF-F

By: Darby

H.B. No. 1748

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the appointment of spoken language interpreters for

certain court proceedings.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 57.002(d), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(d) Subject to Subsection (e), in a county with a population

of 50,000 or more, a court may appoint a spoken language interpreter

who is not a certified or licensed court interpreter
:

(1)
if:

(A)
[
(1)
] the language necessary in the

proceeding is a language other than Spanish; and

(B)
[
(2)
] the court makes a finding that there is

no licensed court interpreter within 75 miles who can interpret in

the language that is necessary in a proceeding
; or

(2)

if the court is a justice court, municipal court,

or municipal court of record conducting a Class C misdemeanor case

proceeding other than a jury trial
.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.