S5155 (2023-24 session)
NY State bill
Enacts the "language barrier to justice elimination act"; establishes standards for court interpreters and a procedure for waiver of a non-English speaking person's right to an interpreter in any proceeding.
- Title
- Enacts the "language barrier to justice elimination act"
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2023-24 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2024-01-03
- In committee
- Judiciary
- Introduced
- 2023-02-23
- Law section
- Judiciary Law
Sponsors
- Kevin S. Parker State Senator, District 21
Co-sponsors
- Luis R. Sepúlveda State Senator, District 32
Heard in committee
- Judiciary NY State Senate committee