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HF 707Signed by Governor · April 30, 2021

Relating to interpreters and translators for limited-English-proficient, deaf, and hard-of-hearing persons in certain legal proceedings

Same legislation: HF 445, SF 558

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Also covers HF 445 and SF 558.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 9, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 23, 2021
  3. Done: House committeeFebruary 25, 2021
  4. Done: Passes the HouseMarch 9, 2021
  5. Done: Senate committeeMarch 24, 2021
  6. Done: Passes the SenateApril 13, 202145–0
  7. Done: To the GovernorApril 30, 2021
  8. Done: Signed into lawApril 30, 2021

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Senate subcommittee

Named March 10, 2021. On March 22, 2021 it recommended passage.

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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.

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

89th General Assembly

HF 445RenumberedHouse companionHF 707Became lawfrom HF 445SF 558Cleared committeeSenate companion

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