Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to interpreters and translators for limited-English-proficient, deaf, and hard-of-hearing persons in certain legal proceedings, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions
Topics:State budget
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 9, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 23, 2021
- Done: House committeeFebruary 25, 2021
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 9, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 24, 2021
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 13, 202145–0
- Done: To the GovernorApril 30, 2021
- Done: Signed into lawApril 30, 2021
Became HF 707 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 707 What’s a funnel?
House subcommittee
Named February 23, 2021. On February 25, 2021 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Fiscal note
Cost: up to $500,000 Compare with other bills
House File 707 is estimated to increase funding and costs to the Jury and Witness Revolving Fund by approximately $500,000 beginning in FY 2022. Currently, the State Public Defender pays these interpreter fees from the Indigent Defense Fund. The Bill will transfer those costs to the Revolving Fund. As a result, the Indigent Defense Fund will experience a savings of approximately the same amount.
- Final Fiscal Note — Court Interpreters · June 8, 2021
- Court Interpreters · March 11, 2021
- Court Interpreters · March 8, 2021
- Court Interpreters · March 3, 2021
- Court Interpreters · February 17, 2021
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