Existing law requires a person engaged in a trade or business who negotiates primarily in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, or Korean, orally or in writing, in the course of entering into specified agreements to deliver, as specified, to the other party to the contract or agreement and before the execution thereof, a translation of the contract or agreement in the language in which the contract or agreement was negotiated, that includes a translation of every term and condition in that contract or agreement. Existing law exempts from those provisions, a person engaged in a trade or business who negotiates primarily in a language other than English if the party with whom the person is negotiating obligates the party, as specified, by contract or lease, and the party negotiates the terms of the contract, lease, or other obligation through the party's own interpreter.
California AB 3254 (20192020) — Contracts: translations.
Existing law requires a person engaged in a trade or business who negotiates primarily in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, or Korean, orally or in writing, in the course of entering into specified agreements to deliver, as specified, to the other party to the contract or agreement and before the execution thereof, a translation of the contract or agreement in the language in which the contract or agreement was negotiated, that includes a translation of every term and condition in that contract or agreement. Existing law exempts from those provisions, a person engaged in a trade or business who negotiates primarily in a language other than English if the party with whom the person is negotiating obligates the party, as specified, by contract or lease, and the party negotiates the terms of the contract, lease, or other obligation through the party's own interpreter.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 3254 Limón Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Limón — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
2020-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2020-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2020-04-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-05-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-05-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-05-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2020-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4683.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-08-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-24 From Consent Calendar.
2020-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
2020-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4403.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-28 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2020-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2020-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 161, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a54b9471-b49a-437d-83c7-d823f6a8754d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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