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.

Plain English Breakdown

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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.

Digest: The Act makes laws about public employer pay differential policies that provide extra pay for certain language skills and sign language skills.

What This Bill Does

• Digest: The Act makes laws about public employer pay differential policies that provide extra pay for certain language skills and sign language skills.
• The Act requires the extra pay be applied in the same way for each of the skills.
• (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5).
• 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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Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act makes laws about public employer pay differential policies that provide extra pay for certain language skills and sign language skills. The Act requires the extra pay be applied in the same way for each of the skills. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5).
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.
Relating to: Relating to public employer policies regarding language pay differentials.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 731
Sponsored by Senators GELSER BLOUIN, HAYDEN; Senators PATTERSON, SOLLMAN, Repre-
sentatives GRAYBER, HUDSON (Presession filed.)
CHAPTER .................................................
AN ACT
Relating to public employer policies regarding language pay differentials.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) As used in this section, “public employer” has the meaning given that
term in ORS 243.650.
(2) Whenever a public employer’s employment policies provide for a pay differential for
a public employee’s use of bilingual or multilingual skills in performing assigned duties, the
policies must provide for, in the same manner as would be provided for the use of any other
bilingual or multilingual skills, a pay differential for an employee’s use of American Sign
Language in performing assigned duties.
Passed by Senate February 18, 2025
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Obadiah Rutledge, Secretary of Senate
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Rob Wagner, President of Senate
Passed by House May 15, 2025
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Julie Fahey, Speaker of House
Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Tina Kotek, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Tobias Read, Secretary of State
Enrolled Senate Bill 731 (SB 731-INTRO) Page 1