{"id":1799,"date":"2026-04-15T17:23:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/?post_type=whats-new&#038;p=1799"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:23:28","slug":"washington-state-bill-to-standardize-language-access-guidelines-across-state-agencies-signed-into-law","status":"publish","type":"whats-new","link":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/whats-new\/washington-state-bill-to-standardize-language-access-guidelines-across-state-agencies-signed-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington State: Bill to standardize language access guidelines across state agencies signed into law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 2475<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read the full text of the bill here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/WA\/text\/HB2475\/2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/legiscan.com\/WA\/text\/HB2475\/2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"policy_whats_new_category":[62,63],"class_list":["post-1799","whats-new","type-whats-new","status-publish","hentry","policy_whats_new_category-general-impact","policy_whats_new_category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whats-new\/1799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whats-new"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/whats-new"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whats-new\/1799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1800,"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whats-new\/1799\/revisions\/1800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"policy_whats_new_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy_whats_new_category?post=1799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}