---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public employer policies regarding language pay differentials."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 731"
citation: "Oregon SB 731 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedric Hayden", "Sara Gelser Blouin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T22:13:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ea17e08-d6dc-4870-881d-4e03978e7356"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB731"
source_hash: "67515e873285bd96e40160f31a054506824db925a94dd6d9d23a93cb9a3e4761"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon SB 731 (2025R1) — Relating to public employer policies regarding language pay differentials.

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.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB731/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB731/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Boshart Davis. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cedric Hayden — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-06T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2025-02-11T17:29:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11T19:00:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T20:16:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T20:21:57+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T18:24:39+00:00** Referred to Labor and Workplace Standards. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-05T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-09T02:01:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12T18:44:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13T19:21:05+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 14, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-14T19:43:54+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 15, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-15T19:09:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boshart Davis. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-19T19:36:04+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-20T17:35:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-28T00:03:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T22:01:42+00:00** Chapter 169, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-06T22:13:28+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ea17e08-d6dc-4870-881d-4e03978e7356`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).