House Bill 2475 directs the Washington State Office of Equity to develop guidelines that help state agencies provide more consistent language-accessible programs and services across Washington. These guidelines will cover spoken, signed, written, and digital communications. The Office of Equity will also develop a proposal to address the statewide shortage of qualified spoken and sign language interpreters and translators.
Read the full text of the bill here: https://legiscan.com/WA/text/HB2475/2025