Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SB 5944: Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining.
Signed into law: Chapter 109, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Cortes
- Introduced
- January 12, 2026
- Status
- C 109 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 18, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires that payments or reimbursements for missed or canceled appointments are part of "economic compensation" that must be collectively bargained between state agency employers and language access providers.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 202686 yea · 10 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 11, 202644 yea · 5 nay
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