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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE | |
INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Diaz, Hull, Slater, DeSimone, Morales, Felix, Giraldo, | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
(Judiciary) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 8-19-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 8-19 entitled "Language |
2 | Interpreters — Use of Language Interpreters in Legal Proceedings" is hereby amended to read as |
3 | follows: |
4 | 8-19-7. Confidential communications. |
5 | No interpreter/transliterator translator appointed pursuant to this chapter to interpret or |
6 | translate for limited-English-proficient persons in proceedings before the state courts in Rhode |
7 | Island shall be called upon to testify concerning any statement(s) and/or confidential |
8 | communications made to them in connection with the interpreter’s or transliterator’s any |
9 | interpretation or transliteration translation, properly entrusted to the translator in their professional |
10 | capacity, without the consent of the person making the statement or unless compelled by court |
11 | order. |
12 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE | |
INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS | |
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1 | This act would ensure that communications between court appointed interpreters and |
2 | limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential |
3 | in nature and only disclosable by consent of the person making the communication or by court |
4 | order. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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