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Senate committee clears bill to expand language access for voters with limited English proficiency
Summary
SB 1360 would codify and expand federal language‑access protections into state law, lower the county threshold for required translation services and create a petition process for undercounted communities; counties asked for clearer determination models and funding.
Senator Cervantes presented SB 1360 as part of a voting‑rights package to expand language access for limited‑English‑proficient (LEP) voters. The bill would codify protections similar to Section 203 of the federal Voting Rights Act into state law, expand the list of covered languages beyond those covered federally, lower the numeric threshold for required coverage from 10,000 to 5,000 voting‑age LEP citizens in a…
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