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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts: interpreters."
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description: "(1) The California Constitution provides that a person unable to understand English who is charged with a crime has the right to an interpreter throughout the proceedings. Existing statutory law requires, in any civil or criminal action, as specified, a sign language interpreter to be appointed for a party or witness who is deaf or hearing-impaired and generally requires the payment of these court interpreters' fees to be a charge against the court."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 1657"
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citation: "California AB 1657 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts: interpreters."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gomez"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2014-02-11"
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last_action: "2014-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1838384b-afdd-4235-a242-5a25601ff191"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1657"
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source_hash: "1b6fe260e3d3ccc1f3499f5eaeceed569855a3583f4cac0a429fdddfad8e05a2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1657 (20132014) — Courts: interpreters.
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(1) The California Constitution provides that a person unable to understand English who is charged with a crime has the right to an interpreter throughout the proceedings. Existing statutory law requires, in any civil or criminal action, as specified, a sign language interpreter to be appointed for a party or witness who is deaf or hearing-impaired and generally requires the payment of these court interpreters' fees to be a charge against the court.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/11/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1657&version=20130AB165799INT)
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2. **04/29/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1657&version=20130AB165798AMD)
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3. **06/15/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1657&version=20130AB165797AMD)
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4. **08/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1657&version=20130AB165796AMD)
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5. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1657&version=20130AB165794CHP)
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6. **AB1657** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1657)
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7. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1657&version=20130AB165795ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent #19 AB1657 Gomez By Correa — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1657 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1657 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gomez — primary (person)
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- Chau — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2014-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
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- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-04-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2014-04-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-04-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-05-15** From consent calendar.
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- **2014-05-15** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2014-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5022.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2014-05-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2014-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-08-26** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2014-08-27** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4901.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2014-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 6646.)
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- **2014-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6658.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 721, Statutes of 2014.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1838384b-afdd-4235-a242-5a25601ff191`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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