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Oregon · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 731: Relating to public employer policies regarding language pay differentials.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 731 is a bill introduced in the Oregon Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to public employer policies regarding language pay differentials. Primary sponsor: Sara Gelser Blouin (Democratic), Cedric Hayden (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 6, 2025): Effective date, January 1, 2026.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires public employer employment policies to provide for a pay differential for sign language skills in the same manner that pay differentials are provided for other bilingual or multilingual skills.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sara Gelser BlouinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Cedric HaydenPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Dacia GrayberCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Zach HudsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49
Deb PattersonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Janeen SollmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective date, January 1, 2026.
  2. Chapter 169, 2025 Laws.
  3. Governor signed.
  4. Speaker signed.
  5. President signed.
  6. Third reading. Carried by Boshart Davis. Passed.
  7. Rules suspended. Carried over to May 15, 2025 Calendar.
  8. Rules suspended. Carried over to May 14, 2025 Calendar.
  9. Second reading.
  10. Recommendation: Do pass.
  11. Work Session held.
  12. Public Hearing held.

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source