{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"7296.2","citation":"Gov. Code, § 7296.2","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1"},{"name":"DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000. - 7599.200.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 17.5. Use of a Foreign Language in Public Services [7290. - 7299.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-7/chapter-17.5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 469, Sec. 2.   (AB 2253)   Effective January 1, 2015.","effective":"2015-01-01","html":"<p>As used in Sections <a href=\"/gov/7292\">7292</a>, <a href=\"/gov/7295.2\">7295.2</a>, <a href=\"/gov/7295.4\">7295.4</a>, <a href=\"/gov/7299.3\">7299.3</a>, and <a href=\"/gov/7299.4\">7299.4</a>, a “substantial number of non-English-speaking people” are members of a group who either do not speak English, or who are unable to effectively communicate in English because it is not their native language, and who comprise 5 percent or more of the people served by the statewide or any local office or facility of a state agency.</p>","text":"As used in Sections 7292, 7295.2, 7295.4, 7299.3, and 7299.4, a “substantial number of non-English-speaking people” are members of a group who either do not speak English, or who are unable to effectively communicate in English because it is not their native language, and who comprise 5 percent or more of the people served by the statewide or any local office or facility of a state agency.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/use-of-a-foreign-language-in-public-services-7296-2","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}