SB 731 — 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.
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
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.
Latest action: — Chapter Number Assigned
Sponsors
- Gelser Blouin, Sara (D, OR-8) — sponsor
- Hayden, Cedric (R, OR-6) — sponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Sollman, Janeen (D, OR-15) — cosponsor
- Grayber, Dacia (D, OR-28) — cosponsor
- Hudson, Zach (D, OR-49) — cosponsor
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Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Grayber, Dacia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Hudson, Zach | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Gelser Blouin, Sara | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Hayden, Cedric | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Patterson, Deb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Sollman, Janeen | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gelser Blouin, Sara (D, state_upper OR-8) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Hayden, Cedric (R, state_upper OR-6) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Grayber, Dacia (D, state_lower OR-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Hudson, Zach (D, state_lower OR-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Sollman, Janeen (D, state_upper OR-15) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Hayden, Cedric (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Grayber, Dacia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Patterson, Deb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Sollman, Janeen (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Gelser Blouin, Sara (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Hudson, Zach (cosponsor) · sponsorship