diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 8ef194855f..4d5064214d 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ https://sfgovdt.jira.com/browse/<JIRA TICKET NUMBER>
 
 - [ ] branch name begins with `angular` if it contains updates to Angular code
 - [ ] branch name contains the Jira ticket number
-- [ ] PR name follows `type: TICKET-NUMBER Description` format, e.g. `feat: DAH-123 New Feature`
+- [ ] PR name follows `type: TICKET-NUMBER Description` format, e.g. `feat: DAH-123 New Feature`. If the PR is urgent and does not need a ticket then use the format `urgent: Description`
 
 ### Code quality
 
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ https://sfgovdt.jira.com/browse/<JIRA TICKET NUMBER>
 
 - [ ] PR has `needs review` label
 - [ ] Use `Housing Eng` group to automatically assign reviewers, and/or assign specific engineers
-- [ ] If time sensitive, notify engineers in Slack
\ No newline at end of file
+- [ ] If time sensitive, notify engineers in Slack
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-title-check.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-title-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ef976338a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-title-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: Validate PR Title
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, edited, synchronize]
+
+jobs:
+  check-title:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Validate PR title
+        env:
+          PR_TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
+        run: |
+          # Define the regex for the required formats
+          jira_regex="^(build|chore|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|revert|style|test): DAH-[0-9]+ .+"
+          urgent_regex="^urgent: \S+"
+
+          if [[ "${PR_TITLE}" =~ $urgent_regex ]]; then
+            echo "PR title contains 'urgent'. Skipping JIRA check but validating description."
+          elif [[ "${PR_TITLE}" =~ $jira_regex ]]; then
+            echo "PR title matches JIRA format."
+            exit 0
+          else
+            echo "Invalid PR title: '${PR_TITLE}'"
+            echo "Please format your PR title as:"
+            echo "'<label>: DAH-<issue number> <description>'"
+            echo "or use 'urgent: <description>' for urgent PRs."
+            echo "Available labels (case sensitive): build, chore, ci, docs, feat, fix, perf, refactor, revert, style, test."
+            echo "Examples:"
+            echo "- 'feat: DAH-1234 Add new feature'"
+            echo "- 'urgent: Hotfix for production'"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Validate that a description exists and has no trailing whitespace
+          description_regex="^.*: \S+"
+          if [[ ! "${PR_TITLE}" =~ $description_regex ]]; then
+            echo "Missing or invalid description in PR title: '${PR_TITLE}'"
+            echo "Ensure your PR title includes a description after the colon with no extra whitespace."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "PR title is valid."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/translations-check.yml b/.github/workflows/translations-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11e4e65e1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/translations-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: Check Translation Files Sorting
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "app/assets/json/translations/react/*.json"
+
+jobs:
+  check-sorting:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Verify jq installation
+        run: |
+          if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+            echo "jq could not be found, installing..."
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq
+          else
+            echo "jq is already installed: $(jq --version)"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: "16"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install --global jsonlint-cli
+
+      - name: Validate and check sorting of translation files
+        run: |
+          for file in app/assets/json/translations/react/*.json; do
+            echo "Checking $file"
+            jsonlint-cli $file
+
+            jq -S '.' $file > sorted.json
+            if ! diff -uw $file sorted.json > differences.txt; then
+              echo "Sorting errors found in $file:"
+              cat differences.txt
+              rm sorted.json differences.txt
+              exit 1
+            else
+              echo "$file is properly sorted."
+              rm sorted.json
+            fi
+          done