In work sessions following public hearings on May 5, the House Committee on Labor and Workplace Standards voted to advance four Senate bills to the House floor with due-pass recommendations.

- Senate Bill 588: The committee moved and approved SB 588 (motion by Vice Chair Muñoz) by roll call; the motion passed with the committee recording all members present as "aye."

- Senate Bill 731: The committee moved and approved SB 731 (motion by Vice Chair Muñoz). SB 731 would require public-employer policies to provide pay differentials for employees who use bilingual or multilingual skills, including a differential for American Sign Language. The roll call recorded unanimous approval; Representative Bossart Davis volunteered to carry the bill from the committee.

- Senate Bill 757: The committee moved and approved SB 757 (motion by Vice Chair Muñoz). That bill adds OHSU chaplains to existing law that treats housing allowance amounts as taxable income for certain public-retirement calculations; the committee recorded an aye vote from all present and Vice Chair Muñoz agreed to carry the measure.

- Senate Bill 865: The committee moved and approved SB 865 (motion by Vice Chair Muñoz). The bill makes several changes to landscape-contractor law, clarifies independent-contractor decisions by the State Landscape Contractors Board, and modifies rescission rights for contracts on real property; the committee recorded an aye vote and discussed carrying assignments.

For each of these bills committee staff provided a short recap of the measure, its Senate vote tally and a minimal fiscal impact. Each motion to advance to the floor carried on roll-call votes recorded in committee; the transcript records committee members answering aye to the roll calls. Committee chairs and vice chairs conducted the motions and roll calls and several representatives volunteered to carry bills to the floor.