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Massachusetts HB 2163 Increases penalties for individuals threatening or committing bodily harm on court employees, including court interpreters. In Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
Massachusetts HB 2238 Increases penalties for individuals threatening or committing bodily harm on court employees, including court interpreters. In Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
Massachusetts SB 1319 Adds court interpreters as part of Group 2 of the state’s retirement system. In Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
Massachusetts SB 867 Increases penalties for individuals threatening or committing bodily harm on court employees, including court interpreters. In Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
New York SB 1870 Requires orders of protection issued in family court or in cases of family offenses in criminal court to be translated into the native language of the parties. In Senate Judiciary Committee.
New York SB 275 Allows certain courts of record to fix the compensation of a temporary appointed interpreter at not more than two hundred fifty dollars per day. In Senate Judiciary Committee.
New York SB 1094 Establishes standards for court interpreters. Requires court interpreter file affidavit or affirmation that he/she will make a true and impartial interpretation of the proceedings and follow the standards set forth in the New York State Unified State Court System’s Interpreter Manual and the Court Interpreter Canons of Professional Responsibility. Provides procedure for waiver of a non-English speaking person’s right to an interpreter in any proceeding. In Senate Judiciary Committee.
New York AB 4697 (not identical to SB 1094) Establishes standards for court interpreters. Requires court interpreter file affidavit or affirmation that he/she will make a true and impartial interpretation of the proceedings and follow the standards set forth in the New York State Unified State Court System’s Interpreter Manual and the Court Interpreter Canons of Professional Responsibility. Provides procedure for waiver of a non-English speaking person’s right to an interpreter in any proceeding. In Assembly Judiciary Committee.
New York AB 6113 / SB 1870 Requires court to direct a court appointed interpreter who is present in court to assist in a proceeding, to direct the interpreter to translate on the record the essential terms outlined clearly by the court of any temporary or final order of protection issued by a court. Assembly version: Approved by full Assembly 3/29/11. Senate version: In Senate Finance committee.
