States that have some form of official English-only laws. Dates show the years English-only laws were enacted. In the 1980s, the influx of immigrants to the United States from Asia and Latin America prompted many of these laws. Typically, English-only laws require that state documents be published in English only. Some states’ laws, however, also prohibit the state from doing business in a language other than English or providing services such as multilingual emergency medical hotlines.(http://www.us-english.org/view/13.)