

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...
Clarification on 1303
1303 essentially does two things: 1) gives interpreters who have failed the EIPA one more year to pass, and 2) provides a report about...
Urgent: House to Destroy Educational Interpreter Standard
There is a new amendment on Ed interpreter bill. This is really bad! It makes the educational interpreter standard voluntary instead of...
Anti-Interpreter Legislation Hearing Set
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...


Everything We Know About Proposed Legislation HB 1386/SB 5233 (exempting interpreters from employmen
HB 1386/SB 5233 would effectively exempt interpreters working through an "agent or broker" from employment protections. We are not...
HB 1303 Ed. Interpreter Standard Hearing
There will be a hearing to amend the educational interpreter standard on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at 1:30. Info here...
A Message from Dynamic Language to Interpreters
Below is an email from Dynamic to interpreters about new proposed legislation. Dynamic says that HB1386 and SB 5233 are intend to clarify...


Anti-Interpreter Legislation in Front of House and Senate
Links to HB1386 and SB 5233 Language referral agencies are pushing for new legislation which eliminates interpreters working through a...


Problematic New Educational Interpreter Standard Legislation Introduced in House and Senate
There is a new bill in the House and Senate that could potentially impact our current educational interpreter standard. Background: The...


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