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2023 SESSION
SB 814 Interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; court may appoint certified interpreter.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Provides that if the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing cannot procure a qualified interpreter to assist a party or witness in a civil proceeding who is speech-impaired or who is deaf or hard of hearing, then the court may appoint a readily available interpreter with full certification from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc., or an equivalent national certification. This bill is identical to HB 2424.
FULL TEXT
- 12/15/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103493D pdf | impact statement
- 01/16/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104569D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB814ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/15/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103493D
- 12/15/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/16/23 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104569D-S1
- 01/17/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/23 Senate: Read second time
- 01/18/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/18/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23104569D-S1
- 01/18/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB814S1
- 01/19/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/23 House: Read first time
- 02/07/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/23 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/23 House: Read second time
- 02/16/23 House: Read third time
- 02/16/23 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/21/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB814ER)
- 02/21/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/23/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 416 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/23/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416)