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Update on 2017 Educational Interpreter Bill

SB 5142/HB 1303 Concerning Educational Interpreters: This bill was signed by the Governor and enacted into law on April 17, 2017. This...

1303 essentially does two things: 1) gives interpreters who have failed the EIPA one more year to pass, and 2) provides a report about...

There is a new amendment on Ed interpreter bill. This is really bad! It makes the educational interpreter standard voluntary instead of...

SB 5233 is scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor & Sports at 1:30 PM in Olympia. This is a dangerous...

HB 1386/SB 5233 would effectively exempt interpreters working through an "agent or broker" from employment protections. We are not...

There will be a hearing to amend the educational interpreter standard on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at 1:30. Info here...

Below is an email from Dynamic to interpreters about new proposed legislation. Dynamic says that HB1386 and SB 5233 are intend to clarify...

Links to HB1386 and SB 5233 Language referral agencies are pushing for new legislation which eliminates interpreters working through a...

There is a new bill in the House and Senate that could potentially impact our current educational interpreter standard. Background: The...

In 2013, the Washington Legislature passed an education interpreter standard requiring a minimum level of competency for all sign...