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California 20252026

AB 2341

Local government: emergency response services: use of languages other than English.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Localgovernment, emergencyresponseservices, useoflanguagesotherthanEnglish
Introduced / first action
2026-02-19 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Surplus land: transit stops.

Source-supplied abstracts

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. 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.

Sponsors

  • Fong (primary), author
  • Umberg, principal coauthor
  • Rubio, coauthor

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. Approved by the Governor.

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  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6139.).

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  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  8. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).

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  9. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  10. From 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.

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  11. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  12. Referred to Coms. on E.M. and L. GOV.

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  13. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  14. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5038.).

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  15. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. Ordered to second reading.

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  18. Withdrawn from committee.

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  19. From 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.

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  20. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  21. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.

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  22. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  23. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.

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  24. Referred to Com. on E.M.

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  25. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  26. Read first time. To print.

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