{"id":1900,"date":"2026-06-17T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/?post_type=whats-new&#038;p=1900"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:38:11","slug":"new-language-access-law-adopted-in-south-dakota","status":"publish","type":"whats-new","link":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/whats-new\/new-language-access-law-adopted-in-south-dakota\/","title":{"rendered":"New Language Access Law Adopted in South Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1900\" class=\"elementor elementor-1900\" data-elementor-post-type=\"whats-new\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f9a0b43 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f9a0b43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aebcfc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2aebcfc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sdlegislature.gov\/Session\/Bill\/26446\/299425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Bill 1219<\/a>, known as Helen\u2019s Law, was passed in March and becomes effective July 1. It requires state agencies overseeing administrative contested cases to provide qualified interpreters or translators whenever a party or witness needs language assistance. Agencies must cover interpretation costs during hearings, and successful parties may recover translation expenses for documents or discovery.\r\n\r\nFor more details, read this article from Multilingual Magazine:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/multilingual.com\/south-dakotas-interpreter-law-reshapes-sstate-proceedings-lakota-speakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Dakota&#8217;s New Interpreter Law Reshapes State Proceedings for Lakota Interpreters<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e38a94 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e38a94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa812df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa812df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NCFLA-logoFNL-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-230\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NCFLA-logoFNL-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ncfla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NCFLA-logoFNL-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ncfla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NCFLA-logoFNL-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/ncfla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NCFLA-logoFNL-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ncfla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NCFLA-logoFNL.png 1215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"policy_whats_new_category":[62,63],"class_list":["post-1900","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\/1900","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":6,"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whats-new\/1900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1906,"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whats-new\/1900\/revisions\/1906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"policy_whats_new_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy_whats_new_category?post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}