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Committee hears testimony on HB 29‑76 to fund indigenous language proficiency evaluations and interpreter workforce
Summary
The House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services heard testimony on House Bill 29‑76, which would fund indigenous language proficiency evaluations and support recruitment and retention of indigenous interpreters across health, judicial and social‑service settings.
The House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services held a public hearing on House Bill 29‑76, a bill sponsored to expand language access by funding creation of indigenous language proficiency evaluations and bolstering an indigenous interpreter workforce.
Cameron Veil, executive director of Pueblo Nido PDX, told the committee that language justice "is the fundamental human right to understand and to be understood" and that thousands of indigenous language speakers in Oregon face barriers to credentialing because language proficiency exams for many indigenous languages do not yet exist. "With limited exceptions, credentials are required by…
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