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Bill	Local government: emergency response services: use of languages other than English.	Existing law requires every local public agency that serves a substantial number of non-English-speaking people to employ a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions or as interpreters to ensure provision of information and services in the language of the non-English-speaking person. Existing law requires that any materials explaining services available to the public shall be translated into any non-English language spoken by a substantial number of the public served by the agency.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1638	California AB 1638 (20232024)	bill	Local government emergency response services use of languages other than English	enacted	Mike Fong	8	27	8	2023-02-17	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/ce2bb9bc-7d0e-4747-a29f-48834eda6941	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1638	a96100682a1545270f857a4b3f2ea2d8bf7e44d3bf1233d952282c373ebd05f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1638 (20232024) — Local government: emergency response services: use of languages other than English.

Existing law requires every local public agency that serves a substantial number of non-English-speaking people to employ a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions or as interpreters to ensure provision of information and services in the language of the non-English-speaking person. Existing law requires that any materials explaining services available to the public shall be translated into any non-English language spoken by a substantial number of the public served by the agency.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/06/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/13/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1638 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1638 Mike Fong Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1638 Mike Fong Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1638 Mike Fong — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mike Fong — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2023-03-23 Referred to Com. on E.M. referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on E.M. referral-committee
• 2023-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2038.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-07-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2413.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
• 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3070.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 587, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce2bb9bc-7d0e-4747-a29f-48834eda6941. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).