H-0700.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1174
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By House Civil Rights & Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Peterson, Thai, Ryu, Taylor, Ortiz-Self, Simmons, Goodman, Davis, Ormsby, Lekanoff, Salahuddin, and Hill; by request of Administrative Office of the Courts)
READ FIRST TIME 02/18/25.
AN ACT Relating to court interpreters; amending RCW 2.43.010 , 2.43.030 , 2.43.050 , 2.43.060 , 2.43.080 , 2.43.070 , 2.43.040 , 2.43.090 , 2.56.030 , 7.105.245 , 13.04.043 , and 2.42.120 ; reenacting and amending RCW 2.43.020 ; adding new sections to chapter 2.43 RCW; and recodifying RCW 2.43.040 and 2.43.080 .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 2.43.010 and 1989 c 358 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to secure the rights, constitutional or otherwise, of persons who, because of a non-English-speaking cultural background, are unable to readily understand or communicate in the English language, and who consequently cannot be fully protected in legal proceedings unless (( qualified )) interpreters are available to assist them.