California 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1242 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/21/2025

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1242Introduced by Assembly Member NguyenFebruary 21, 2025 An act to amend Section 7290 of the Government Code, relating to state government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1242, as introduced, Nguyen. Language access.Existing law, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act, requires every state agency directly involved in the furnishing of information or the rendering of services to the public where contact is made with a substantial number of non-English-speaking people to employ a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions to ensure provision of information and services to the public in the language of the non-English-speaking person, except as specified.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision naming the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 7290 of the Government Code is amended to read:7290. This chapter may be known  known, and shall be cited as as, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1242Introduced by Assembly Member NguyenFebruary 21, 2025 An act to amend Section 7290 of the Government Code, relating to state government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1242, as introduced, Nguyen. Language access.Existing law, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act, requires every state agency directly involved in the furnishing of information or the rendering of services to the public where contact is made with a substantial number of non-English-speaking people to employ a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions to ensure provision of information and services to the public in the language of the non-English-speaking person, except as specified.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision naming the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 1242

Introduced by Assembly Member NguyenFebruary 21, 2025

Introduced by Assembly Member Nguyen
February 21, 2025

 An act to amend Section 7290 of the Government Code, relating to state government. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1242, as introduced, Nguyen. Language access.

Existing law, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act, requires every state agency directly involved in the furnishing of information or the rendering of services to the public where contact is made with a substantial number of non-English-speaking people to employ a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions to ensure provision of information and services to the public in the language of the non-English-speaking person, except as specified.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision naming the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.

Existing law, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act, requires every state agency directly involved in the furnishing of information or the rendering of services to the public where contact is made with a substantial number of non-English-speaking people to employ a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions to ensure provision of information and services to the public in the language of the non-English-speaking person, except as specified.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision naming the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 7290 of the Government Code is amended to read:7290. This chapter may be known  known, and shall be cited as as, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 7290 of the Government Code is amended to read:7290. This chapter may be known  known, and shall be cited as as, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.

SECTION 1. Section 7290 of the Government Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

7290. This chapter may be known  known, and shall be cited as as, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.

7290. This chapter may be known  known, and shall be cited as as, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.

7290. This chapter may be known  known, and shall be cited as as, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.



7290. This chapter may be known  known, and shall be cited as as, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.