---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bilingual services: implementation plans."
description: "The Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act requires each state agency to conduct a survey, related to its bilingual services, of each of its local offices every 2 years to determine specified information, and to report results and any additional information requested to the Department of Human Resources. The act requires each agency that serves a substantial number of non-English-speaking people who comprise 5% or more of the people served to develop an implementation plan, as specified, in every odd-numbered year, and to submit the implementation plan to the department for its review. The act authorizes the department, if it determines that a state agency has not made reasonable progress toward complying with the act, to issue orders that it deems appropriate to effectuate the purposes of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2253"
citation: "California AB 2253 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bilingual services: implementation plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b12841d5-a34c-4409-a589-bf98f6f2ce9d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2253"
source_hash: "cc547fb9180a2d3d6f95a54e8e3cebb292d7e6a02b805fa648df4cee3c77e835"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2253 (20132014) — Bilingual services: implementation plans.

The Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act requires each state agency to conduct a survey, related to its bilingual services, of each of its local offices every 2 years to determine specified information, and to report results and any additional information requested to the Department of Human Resources. The act requires each agency that serves a substantial number of non-English-speaking people who comprise 5% or more of the people served to develop an implementation plan, as specified, in every odd-numbered year, and to submit the implementation plan to the department for its review. The act authorizes the department, if it determines that a state agency has not made reasonable progress toward complying with the act, to issue orders that it deems appropriate to effectuate the purposes of the act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2253&version=20130AB225399INT)
2. **04/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2253&version=20130AB225398AMD)
3. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2253&version=20130AB225396CHP)
4. **AB2253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2253)
5. **08/21/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2253&version=20130AB225397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2253 TING Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5185.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4556.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 469, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b12841d5-a34c-4409-a589-bf98f6f2ce9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).