Provides for bilingual voting materials
This bill requires states and local areas with significant language minority populations to provide voting materials - including ballots, registration forms, and instructions - in both English and the relevant minority language. It applies to jurisdictions where over 5% of voting-age residents are limited-English proficient (LEP) or have more than 10,000 LEP residents, as determined by census data. Covered areas must offer bilingual materials unless a legal challenge proves the minority group’s illiteracy rate is at or below the national average. The law excludes oral/unwritten languages (like some Indigenous languages) by requiring only oral assistance instead of written materials in those cases.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2025
Last action Jan 7, 2026
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2
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
William Colton
DDemocratic
Co
Jaime Williams
DDemocratic
Co
Jon Rivera
DDemocratic
Co
Manny De Los Santos
DDemocratic
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