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State and Local Government

Description

District Attorneys

Interpreter and Language Access Complaint Notice, Orleans Parish District Attorney, Louisiana- November 2021 

District Attorney’s Language Access Plan, Brown County, Wisconsin - September 2021 

Alaska State Department of Law Language Access Plan - August 2013 

Considerations for Providing Language Access in a Prosecutorial Agency- September 21, 2011

Probation

Suffolk County, New York, Probation Department Language Access Plan(archive link)- June 21, 2019 

New York City, Department of Probation, Language Access Plan - August, 2016 

Santa Clara, California Probation Department Language Access Plan - January 17, 2013

State and Local Laws

State and Local Language Access Laws, Order, and Procedures

Key Features of U.S. State and Local Language Access Laws and Policies ( Report | Webinar ), Migration Policy Institute - October 2021

Laws 

New York, Executive, Chapter 18, Article 10, § 202-A, effective July 1, 2022.

City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Resolution R-2022-006, December 20, 2021.

Nevada, Revised Statute, N.R.S. SB 318, § 7, effective June 7, 2021.

New York City, Local Law 30 - March 20, 2017.

Boston, Massachusetts, Ordinance 2016, Chapter 16 - 2016.

San Francisco, California, Ordinance 27-15, Language Access Requirements for Departments - March 3, 2015.

Hawaii, Language Access Law, Chapter 321C- 2006. 

Maryland State Code, Section 10-1103 - July 1, 2002.

Washington D.C., Language Access Act of 2004California, Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act - 1973.

Orders and Procedures

City and County of Denver, Colorado, Executive Order 150 - December 22, 2022.

Anchorage, Alaska, Operating Policy and Procedure 16-6 - September 1, 2018.

Seattle, Washington, Executive Order 2017-10 - October 2, 2017.

Guam, Executive Order 2015-015 - December 31, 2015.

Houston, Texas, Administrative Procedure 2-11 - May 16, 2014.

New York State, Executive Order 26: Statewide Language Access Policy - October 6, 2011; Amended by Executive Order 26.1 - March 23, 2021. 

King County, Washington State, Executive Order INF 14-2 (AEO): Written Language Translation Process - October 13, 2010.

Montgomery County, Maryland, Executive Order 046-10: Access to County Services for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency (English | Español (Spanish) | 中文 (Chinese) | 한국어 (Korean) | Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)) - March 4, 2010. 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Executive Order 9-08 - June 9, 2008.