By: Alvarado S.B. No. 1777
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to simultaneous translation from Spanish to English of
  public testimony heard by a committee of the legislature.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 301, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 301.036 to read as follows:
         Sec. 301.036.  SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY
  IN A COMMITTEE HEARING. The chair of a committee of the legislature
  must provide without charge professional simultaneous translation
  from Spanish to English of public testimony heard in committee if a
  person requests the translation in writing to the chair not later
  than the third day before the date of the hearing.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.