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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to public employer policies regarding language pay differentials."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
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legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
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session: "2025R1"
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identifier: "SB 731"
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citation: "Oregon SB 731 (2025R1)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cedric Hayden", "Sara Gelser Blouin"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-06-06T22:13:28+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ea17e08-d6dc-4870-881d-4e03978e7356"
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source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB731"
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source_hash: "67515e873285bd96e40160f31a054506824db925a94dd6d9d23a93cb9a3e4761"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
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---
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# Oregon SB 731 (2025R1) — Relating to public employer policies regarding language pay differentials.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB731/Introduced)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB731/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper
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- Third reading. Carried by Boshart Davis. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · lower
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- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cedric Hayden — primary (person)
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- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
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- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
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- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
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- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-28T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-02-06T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
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- **2025-02-11T17:29:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-11T19:00:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18T20:16:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20T20:21:57+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-21T18:24:39+00:00** Referred to Labor and Workplace Standards. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-05-05T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-05-09T02:01:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-12T18:44:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-13T19:21:05+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 14, 2025 Calendar.
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- **2025-05-14T19:43:54+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 15, 2025 Calendar.
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- **2025-05-15T19:09:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boshart Davis. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-19T19:36:04+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-05-20T17:35:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-05-28T00:03:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-06T22:01:42+00:00** Chapter 169, 2025 Laws.
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- **2025-06-06T22:13:28+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2026.
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## Source
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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).
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