AB-792
Labor & Employment

Court interpreters.

Engrossed
CA
2025-2026 Regular Session
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Key Takeaways

  • Authorizes court interpreter unions to request multi-regional collective bargaining negotiations.
  • Requires mutual consent from both unions and regional committees for multi-regional bargaining to proceed.
  • Maintains uniform pay rates within each court interpreter region.
  • Allows individual courts to offer additional compensation through local agreements.

Summary

Assembly Member Lee's proposal to modify California's Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act would allow employee organizations to pursue multiregional bargaining when multiple regions conduct negotiations in the same calendar year. The measure maintains existing requirements for uniform hourly pay rates within regions while creating a pathway for coordinated negotiations across regional boundaries.

Under the proposed framework, recognized employee organizations could initiate multiregional bargaining subject to mutual agreement from the regional court interpreter employment relations committees involved. The bill preserves current provisions that enable individual trial courts to negotiate additional local compensation with employee organizations, provided these arrangements do not alter the terms of regional agreements. Regional committees would retain their authority to establish binding employment terms and conditions for court interpreters within their jurisdictions.

The measure adds flexibility to the existing four-region structure without changing core requirements around uniform compensation or the ability of trial courts to supplement regional pay scales through local negotiations. Implementation would occur through established employment relations processes, with no new appropriations required.

Key Dates

Next Step
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations
Next Step
Senate Committee
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations
Hearing has not been scheduled yet
Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Hearing
Senate Committee
Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Hearing
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Senate Judiciary Hearing
Senate Committee
Senate Judiciary Hearing
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ]
Vote on Assembly Floor
Assembly Floor
Vote on Assembly Floor
AB 792 Lee Assembly Third Reading
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Do pass
Assembly Public Employment And Retirement Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Public Employment And Retirement Hearing
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Introduced
Assembly Floor
Introduced
Read first time. To print.

Contacts

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Anna CaballeroD
Senator
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Tim GraysonD
Senator
Committee Member
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Megan DahleR
Senator
Committee Member
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Alex LeeD
Assemblymember
Bill Author
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Kelly SeyartoR
Senator
Committee Member
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Anna CaballeroD
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Tim GraysonD
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Committee Member
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Megan DahleR
Senator
Committee Member
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Alex LeeD
Assemblymember
Bill Author
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Kelly SeyartoR
Senator
Committee Member
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Aisha WahabD
Senator
Committee Member
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Christopher CabaldonD
Senator
Committee Member
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Laura RichardsonD
Senator
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Introduced By

Alex Lee
Alex LeeD
California State Assembly Member
40% progression
Bill has passed all readings in its first house and is ready to move to the other house (4/28/2025)

Latest Voting History

July 9, 2025
PASS
Senate Committee
Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Hearing
AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
4105PASS

Key Takeaways

  • Authorizes court interpreter unions to request multi-regional collective bargaining negotiations.
  • Requires mutual consent from both unions and regional committees for multi-regional bargaining to proceed.
  • Maintains uniform pay rates within each court interpreter region.
  • Allows individual courts to offer additional compensation through local agreements.

Get Involved

Act Now!

Email the authors or create an email template to send to all relevant legislators.

Introduced By

Alex Lee
Alex LeeD
California State Assembly Member

Summary

Assembly Member Lee's proposal to modify California's Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act would allow employee organizations to pursue multiregional bargaining when multiple regions conduct negotiations in the same calendar year. The measure maintains existing requirements for uniform hourly pay rates within regions while creating a pathway for coordinated negotiations across regional boundaries.

Under the proposed framework, recognized employee organizations could initiate multiregional bargaining subject to mutual agreement from the regional court interpreter employment relations committees involved. The bill preserves current provisions that enable individual trial courts to negotiate additional local compensation with employee organizations, provided these arrangements do not alter the terms of regional agreements. Regional committees would retain their authority to establish binding employment terms and conditions for court interpreters within their jurisdictions.

The measure adds flexibility to the existing four-region structure without changing core requirements around uniform compensation or the ability of trial courts to supplement regional pay scales through local negotiations. Implementation would occur through established employment relations processes, with no new appropriations required.

40% progression
Bill has passed all readings in its first house and is ready to move to the other house (4/28/2025)

Key Dates

Next Step
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations
Next Step
Senate Committee
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations
Hearing has not been scheduled yet
Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Hearing
Senate Committee
Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Hearing
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Senate Judiciary Hearing
Senate Committee
Senate Judiciary Hearing
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ]
Vote on Assembly Floor
Assembly Floor
Vote on Assembly Floor
AB 792 Lee Assembly Third Reading
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Do pass
Assembly Public Employment And Retirement Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Public Employment And Retirement Hearing
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Introduced
Assembly Floor
Introduced
Read first time. To print.

Latest Voting History

July 9, 2025
PASS
Senate Committee
Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Hearing
AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
4105PASS

Contacts

Profile
Anna CaballeroD
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Tim GraysonD
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Megan DahleR
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Alex LeeD
Assemblymember
Bill Author
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Kelly SeyartoR
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
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Select All Legislators
Profile
Anna CaballeroD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Tim GraysonD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Megan DahleR
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Alex LeeD
Assemblymember
Bill Author
Profile
Kelly SeyartoR
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Aisha WahabD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Christopher CabaldonD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Laura RichardsonD
Senator
Committee Member