CaliforniaLocal government: emergency response services: use of languages other than English.
What it does
Existing law requires, in the event of an emergency within the jurisdiction of a local agency that provides emergency response services and that serves a population within which 5% or more of the people speak English less than "very well," according to American Community Survey data, and jointly speak a language other than English, that the local agency provide information related to the emergency in English and in all languages spoken jointly by the 5% or more of the population that speaks English less than "very well," as specified.
More detail
This bill would revise these provisions to instead require the local agency to provide information related to an emergency within a local agency's jurisdiction in English and translated in each language spoken by 5% or more of the population that speaks English less than "very well." The bill, to determine whether a language meets the criteria for translation, would require a local agency to calculate the total population of those within its jurisdiction that speaks English less than "very well," and, for each language included in the American Community Survey data, or data from an equally reliable source, determine whether speakers of any language who speak English less than "very well" comprise at least 5% of the total population of that jurisdiction that speaks English less than "very well." The bill would make organizational and clarifying changes to the above-described provisions, as specified.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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- Introduced
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History
- 2026
- Aug 31Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Aug 31Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 20Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 13Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6139.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 2341 Fong Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 11In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Aug 10Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5320.).Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd AB2341 Fong et al. Urgency Clause. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 3Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Jul 2From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).Minor
- Jul 1
- Vote recorded Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 23From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- Jun 17From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- Jun 16
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 4From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.M.Major
- May 27Referred to Coms. on E.M. and L. GOV.Minor
- May 14In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 2341 Fong Third Reading Urgency. Result: pass.Lower
- May 14Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5038.).Passed Assembly
- May 5Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4931.)Major
- Apr 20Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 16Ordered to second reading.Minor
- Apr 16Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Apr 14From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 13
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 7Re-referred to Com. on E.M.Minor
- Apr 6From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 17Re-referred to Com. on E.M.Minor
- Mar 16From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 16Referred to Com. on E.M.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- Feb 19Read first time. To print.Introduced