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04/27/2024 02:57 PM
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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2023 - 2024 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: March 12, 2024 12:30 PM
From: Senator Devlin J. Robinson and Sen. John I. Kane
To: All Senate members
Subject: Sign Language Interpreter Registration Act Modernization
 
In the near future, we plan to introduce legislation to modernize the Sign Language Interpreter and Transliterator State Registration Act (Act 57).
 
The law was originally passed in 2004 to establish a process to be registered as a qualified American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter. Unfortunately, the law has not kept up with changes in the profession over the last 20 years.
 
Additionally, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state lost many ASL interpreters, and they are not being replaced with enough qualified incoming interpreters due to changes in the testing system for interpreters.
 
This legislation is the result of several years of discussion among stakeholders and will help ensure qualified ASL interpreters are available to Pennsylvanians who are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing.
 
Please join us in cosponsoring this important legislation.