2021 House Bill 5446

Expand government accommodations for non-English speakers

Introduced in the House

Oct. 20, 2021

Introduced by Rep. Mary Cavanagh (D-10)

To require state agencies to take specified actions to provide equal language access for individuals with limited English proficiency. Among these, agencies would be required to have and provide, “…available sufficient, appropriate oral language services to provide equal language access, based on reliable data documenting the proportion of individuals with limited English proficiency eligible to be served or encountered by the agency and the frequency of encounters”.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations