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Committee advances bill to consolidate multi‑region bargaining for court interpreters
Summary
AB 792 would allow consolidating contract negotiations across regions for judicial interpreters when multiple regions are in negotiation simultaneously. Proponents say consolidation would reduce repeated negotiations and speed hiring; committee approved and referred the bill to Appropriations.
Assemblymember Lee presented AB 792 to the Committee on Public Employment and Retirement, proposing a limited change to bargaining rules for court interpreters. Currently interpreters bargain regionally in four statutory regions; AB 792 would permit consolidation of negotiations when more than one region is negotiating in the same year.
Proponents said the statute’s regional structure frequently forces the statewide union to repeat the same…
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