HB 1009 VA

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Introduced

Administration of government; language access equity; report. Requires each public-facing state agency, defined in the bill, to designate a language access coordinator who will be responsible for the agency's annual language access report, the requirements of which are set out in the bill. The Secretary of Health and Human Resources is directed to establish criteria for state agencies to procure language interpretation and translation services and to establish a policy for compensating multilingual state employees who are required as part of their job to provide interpretation, translation, or other bilingual skills at least once a month.

• Kathy K.L. Tran Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105221D · lower
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
3. Jan 26, 2026 Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process · lower
4. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 2-N) · lower
5. Feb 3, 2026 Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 6-N) · lower
6. Feb 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1009) · lower
7. Feb 3, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay · lower
8. Feb 6, 2026 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) · lower
9. Feb 18, 2026 Left in Committee Appropriations · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

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