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Bill	Court interpreters: small claims proceedings.	Existing law provides for the regulation of court interpreters, and requires the Judicial Council to designate the languages for which certification programs shall be established. Existing law requires, except for good cause, as specified, a person who interprets in a court proceeding, as defined, using a language designated by the Judicial Council, to be a certified court interpreter for the language used. Existing law specifically excludes a small claims proceeding from the definition of a court proceeding for purposes of that requirement.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1155	California SB 1155 (20172018)	bill	Court interpreters: small claims proceedings.	enacted	Hueso	8	29	6	2018-02-14	2018-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/34f0bc4c-8517-40b5-a275-287162856676	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1155	2c2036cdcdba47bebe66481c16713ecb96025a7b858a823d5177b30d82138246	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1155 (20172018) — Court interpreters: small claims proceedings.

Existing law provides for the regulation of court interpreters, and requires the Judicial Council to designate the languages for which certification programs shall be established. Existing law requires, except for good cause, as specified, a person who interprets in a court proceeding, as defined, using a language designated by the Judicial Council, to be a certified court interpreter for the language used. Existing law specifically excludes a small claims proceeding from the definition of a court proceeding for purposes of that requirement.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/02/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/27/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB1155 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/07/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1155 Hueso et al. Concurrence — 31–4 (pass) · upper
• SB 1155 Hueso Senate Third Reading By STONE — 64–6 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hueso — primary (person)
• Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
• 2018-02-22 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-04-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-12 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2018-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4816.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-04-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
• 2018-05-10 May 14 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-05-14 Set for hearing May 22.
• 2018-05-22 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4336.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-06-19 June 19 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-15 August 15 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-08-16 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 6. Page 6974.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 6127.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2018-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 852, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34f0bc4c-8517-40b5-a275-287162856676. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).