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2001 Legislative Activity
Prevailing Wage

Updated: 8/14/01

Bills enacted to date: 10
Bills vetoed to date: 1

State	Summary	Last Action
California AB1448	Eliminates the expiration of existing prevailing wage and hours legislation affecting contractors and subcontractors.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 5/16/01 In committee: Set, first hearing; canceled at author's request
California SB588	This bill authorizes a joint labor-management committee to bring an action against any employer who fails to pay prevailing wages. Also prohibits the obliteration of any information on employee payroll records except the employee's social security number, for any records supplied to a joint labor-management committee established pursuant to federal law.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 7/16/01 Placed on inactive file
California SB975	Requires any of those public works financed through the use of industrial development bonds under the CA Indust. Dev. Financing Act to comply with prevailing wage laws.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 Sa1 7/18/01 Read third time; amended; to third reading
Connecticut HB5108	Exempts school building projects from prevailing wage laws.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/5/01 To Joint Labor and Public Employees Committee
Connecticut HB5109	Increases the prevailing wage limits so that prevailing wages are not required to be paid on state and local government construction projects under six hundred thousand dollars for new construction and under two hundred thousand dollars for renovation work.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/5/01 To Joint Labor and Public Employees Committee
Connecticut HB5141	Makes the prevailing wage requirements voluntary instead of mandatory.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/8/01 To Joint Labor and Public Employees Committee
Connecticut HB5214	Exempts school construction projects from prevailing wage.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/9/01 To Joint Labor and Public Employees Committee
Connecticut HB5661	Increases the monetary threshold for application of the prevailing wage requirements to new construction and renovation work.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/12/01 To Joint Labor and Public Employees Committee
Connecticut HB6049	Exempts municipal projects that do not receive state or federal funding from the prevailing wage requirements.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/17/01 To Joint Labor and Public Employees Committee
Connecticut HB6977	Strengthens deparment practices against contractors that violate the prevailing wage laws.	4/24/01 Tabled for Cal. House
Connecticut HB6978	Requires the Labor Commissioner to annually update prevailing wage rate schedules and to require that such updated rates be paid to all mechanics, laborers or workers employed upon public works projects effective July first of each year.	6/6/01 Tabled for Cal. House, Bill passed temporarily
Connecticut SB965	Requires all contractors and subcontractors bidding on public works projects that meet the prevailing wage threshold to be prequalified before bidding on such projects.	1/19/01 To Joint Comm. on Labor and Public Employees Cmte.
Connecticut SB1390	Changes all "persons" to all "employees" performing work on state-funded projects be paid prevailing wages and be listed on the certified payrolls.	4/16/01 To Sen Appropriations
Connecticut SB1417	Would ensure that state and municipal public works contractors and subcontractors properly classify workers as employees rather than as independent contractors and treat them accordingly for purposes of workers' compensation, insurance coverage, unemployment taxes, Social Security and income tax withholding.	4/11/01 To House Judiciary
Delaware SB174	Clarifies the penalties for failure to pay prevailing wages.	7/9/2001 (To view bill, click on the SB174 link and then on "Legis.html")
Hawaii HB36	Requires contractors under a public contract to provide their employees with specified minimum wages and days off.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 5/14/01 Carried over to 2002 reg. session
Hawaii HB878	Raises the amount (total cost of a public housing project) used to exempt public housing projects from prevailing wage requirements.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 5/14/01 Carried over to 2002 reg. session
Hawaii HB885	Provides for an exception to the prevailing wage for repair, renovation, and construction of public schools.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 5/14/01 Carried over to 2002 reg. session
Hawaii HB938	Establishes a tax credit for revitalization of older commercial facilities. Also increases the standard deduction and provides a low income tax credit.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 5/14/01 Carried over to 2002 reg. session
Hawaii HB1032	Exempts public works contracts from the specification that the minimum wage must be the prevailing wage if the government contracting party is the department of education or the superintendent of education.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 5/14/01 Carried over to 2002 reg. session
Hawaii SB96	Increases the State minimum wage by $1 above the prevailing federal minimum wage.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 5/14/01 Carried over to 2002 reg. session
Hawaii SB540	Establishes a tax credit for revitalization of older commercial facilities that are at least twenty-five years old, including retail, hotel, warehouse, and industrial facilities; requires projects over $1,000,000 to pay prevailing wages under chapter 104, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3S1a 5/14/01 Carried over to 2002 reg. session
Hawaii SB1240	Requires contractors under a public contract to provide their employees with specified minimum wages and days off.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 5/14/01 Carried over to 2002 reg. session
Hawaii SB1252	Exempts public works and maintenance contracts of school districts from the prevailing wage requirements.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 5/14/01 Carried over to 2002 reg. session
Illinois HB724	Requires the adoption and implementation of a responsible contractor policy under which, as a condition of the investment of the assets of a retirement system in real estate, the property owner or manager of the real estate must demonstrate that the construction and building operation contractors and subcontractors are paid fair wages and benefits.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/16/01 Re-referred to Rules
Illinois HB778	Provides that to be considered a responsible bidder on a construction contract for purposes of the Code, a bidder must comply with certain requirements and must present satisfactory evidence of that compliance to the appropriate construction agency. The requirements include compliance with laws concerning the bidder's entitlement to conduct business in Illinois, compliance with the Prevailing Wage Act, compliance with federal "Equal Employment Opportunities" provisions, having certain insurance coverage, and participation in federally approved apprenticeship and training programs.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 H1a 5/31/01 Re-referred to Rules
Illinois HB1662	Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning State policy.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/6/01 Re-referred to Rules
Illinois HB1663	Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning findings of public bodies of the Dept. of Labor.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/6/01 Re-referred to Rules
Illinois HB2712	Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning findings of public bodies of the Dept. of Labor.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/6/01 Re-referred to Rules
Illinois HB2713	Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning State policy.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/6/01 Re-referred to Rules
Illinois HB2938	Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning State policy.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/6/01 Re-referred to Rules
Illinois HB2939	Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning State policy.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/6/01 Re-referred to Rules
Illinois HB2985	Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning findings of public bodies and the Dept. of Labor.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/6/01 Re-referred to Rules
Illinois HB3211	Provides that any State contracts for workers and staff at the Anna Veterans Home shall be canceled upon the effective date of this amendatory Act, at which time each worker or staff member at the facility shall be offered State employment for work at the same facility but at the prevailing applicable State wage rate.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/6/01 Re-referred to Rules
Illinois SB418	Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that "public works" also means, through December 31, 2005, all projects financed in whole or in part with funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section 6z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond Act, funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the State Finance Act, or funds for transportation purposes under Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 3/31/01 Re-referred to Rules
Illinois SB923	Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning findings of public bodies and the Department of Labor.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 7/1/01 Referred to Rules
Illinois SB965	Amends the Prevailing Wage Act in relation to contracts for public works projects. In provisions giving a laborer, worker, or mechanic employed by a contractor or subcontractor who is paid less than the rate for work done under a contract the right to bring an action for the difference between the amount paid and the rate in the contract, states that the action shall be brought against his or her employer. In provisions authorizing the Department of Labor to take an assignment of a wage claim in trust for a laborer, worker, or mechanic and take legal action to collect the claim, states that the legal action shall be taken against the employer of the laborer, worker, or mechanic. Makes other changes.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 SA1 7/1/01 To Rules
Illinois SB1002	Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning State policy.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 3/31/01 Re-referred to Rules
Illinois SB1119	Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning State policy.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 3/31/01 Re-referred to Rules
Kansas HB2236	Concerns public works projects for state agencies; prescribes payment of minimum wages for work thereon and preferences for certain employees to work thereon.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/1/01 To Business, Commerce and Labor
Kansas SB169	Concerns public works projects for state agencies prescribing payment of minimum wages for work thereon and preferences for certain employees to work thereon.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 1/31/01 To Ways and Means
Kentucky HB18	Increases the threshold for which educational institution construction projects are subject to prevailing wage.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/3/01 To Labor and Industry
Maine LD1243	An Act to reform Maine's prevailing wage law.	S: 3/29/01 Dead
Maryland HB505	Authorizes a limitation on the applicability of the Prevailing Wage Law to the construction of an elementary or secondary school; etc.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/20/01 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Maryland SB169	Authorizies a certain limitation on the applicability of the Prevailing Wage Law to the construction of an elementary or secondary school; and generally relating to the definitions of public body and public work.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 1/19/01 To Finance
Massachusetts HB2075	Provides for a living wage for human service workers.	1/3/01 To Joint Commerce and Labor
Massachusetts HB2621	Further regulates contractors and subcontractors on public construction projects.	1/3/01 To State Administration
Massachusetts SB84	Relates to violations of the prevailing wage law.	7/5/01 Reported favorably; to Senate Steering and Policy
Massachusetts SB138	Clarifies the prevailing wage law.	7/5/01 Reported favorably; to Senate Ways and Means
Massachusetts SB1535	Exempts certain cities and towns from provisions of the prevailing wage law.	1/3/01 To State Administration Cmte.
Massachusetts SB1560	Requires fair payment provisions in public construction contracts.	7/2/01 Reported favorably; to Senate Ways and Means
Massachusetts SB1814	Confirms the applicability of the Commonwealth's public bidding and prevailing wage laws to charter schools.	7/18/01 S Bill reported favorably by committee; to S Ways and Means
Michigan HB4327	Highways; construction and repair; reference to prevailing wage act.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/22/01 To Employment Relations, Training and Safety
Michigan HB4329	Education; other; reference to prevailing wage act.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/22/01 To Employment Relations, Training and Safety
Michigan HB4383	Labor; hours and wages; prevailing wage on public school, bridge, highway, and road projects.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/28/01 To Employment Relations, Training and Safety
Michigan HB4474	Labor; hours and wages; building certain bridges used only for snowmobiling; exempt from prevailing wage act.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/15/01 To Conservation and Outdoor Recreation
Michigan SB82	Labor; hours and wages; prevailing wage on public school academy projects.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 2/1/01 To Education
Michigan SB83	Education; public school academies; requirement that public school academies comply with prevailing wage act.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 2/1/01 To Education
Michigan SB84	Labor; hours and wages; prevailing wage on public school projects.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 2/1/01 To Education
Michigan SB274	Education; other; requirement that public school comply with prevailing wage act.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 3/6/01 To Education
Minnesota HF772	Prevailing wages required for state employees engaged in work on state buildings.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/19/01 To Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy
Minnesota SF622	State employees prevailing wage payment requirement.	S: 12 3 H: 1 2 3 2/8/01 To Jobs, Housing and Community Development
Missouri SB102	Exempts certain political subdivisions from the state prevailing wage law.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 2/27/01 Labor & Industrial Relations Cmte. voted do pass
Montana HB500	Revise certain provisions of little Davis-Bacon act.	5/1/2001
Montana HB614	Revise prevailing wage rate requirements on public projects.	H: 12 3 S: 1 2 3 3/24/01 Missed deadline
Nevada AB407	Revises provisions governing development projects on which prevailing wage must be paid.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/27/01 Placed on Chief Clerk's desk, no further action allowed
Nevada SB560	Makes various changes to provisions relating to employment practices and prevailing wages for public works.	5/30/2001
New Jersey AB2513, SB1401	Provides parity between school boards and municipalities with respect to prevailing wage threshold.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 5/25/01 Introduced and to Labor S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 6/15/00 To Education
New Jersey AB2887, SB1228	Authorizes an increase in administrative penalties for prevailing wage violations.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 6/7/01 Reported second reading S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 5/11/01 To Commerce
New Jersey AB3114 and SB1966	Includes custom fabrication work under the prevailing wage act.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/18/01 To Labor S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 12/14/00 To Commerce
New Jersey SB1227	Requires payment of prevailing wages in construction related to Commerce and Economic Growth Commission and EDA assistance.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 5/11/01 To Commerce
New Mexico SB125	Amends the public works minimum wage act to increase the contract amount.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 died
New York AB70	Provides for greater accountability of industrial development agencies by, among other things, subjecting them to prevailing wage provisions applicable to public work.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/3/01 To Local Governments
New York AB222	Defines lowest responsible bidder for purposes of the prevailing wage law to include only those who have not been found guilty of an unfair labor practice within a three year period preceding the award of a public works project in order to disqualify as the lowest responsible bidder on a public works contract those bidders who have violated certain federal or state labor laws.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 6/11/01 To third reading
New York A763	Requires contractors and subcontractors give written notification to workers employed on public work projects of the right to receive prevailing wages; stipulates certain other notice and posting requirements.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 6/18/01 To Rules
New York A1423	Permits local governing units to appoint site inspectors to investigate compliance with labor safety and prevailing wage laws on public works projects.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/16/01 Referred to Labor
New York A1424	Increases amount of criminal penalties imposed on contractors for willful failure to pay prevailing wages and supplements for public works projects.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/16/01 Referred to Labor
New York A2885	Strengthens the ability of contracting agencies to help the state labor department enforce the prevailing wage law; ensures workers better understanding their rights under the prevailing wage law; establishes procedures so department of labor can more efficiently and fairly administer the law and provides for expedited collection of unpaid wages and fringe benefits to workers of subcontractors.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/29/01 Referred to Labor
New York A3452	Requires prevailing rate of wages and supplements be paid or provided to laborers, workmen or mechanics upon any project or program financed in whole or in part by any public authority, public agency, industrial development agency or public benefit corporation.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/1/01 Referred to Labor
New York A3843	Provides that sub-contractors on public works projects provide a surety bond for the underpayment of the prevailing wage; contractors will only become liable for paying the underpaid prevailing wage when the surety bond is exhausted.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/5/01 Referred to Labor
New York A3844	Requires security from subcontractors in public works contracts of more than $200,000 for payment of prevailing wages and supplements; provides in public works contracts of less than $200,000, such security may be agreed upon between the parties thereto.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/5/01 Referred to Local Governments
New York A4702	Relates to the payment of prevailing wages concerning public construction and public building contracts therefor creating a single prevailing wage law to eliminate existing confusion and provide employers and employees with a uniform set of rules and definitions.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/18/01 To Codes
New York A5278	Requires any person, corporation or other business entity contracting with the state to submit to the commissioner of labor a list of independent contractors hired by such person, corporation or other business entity; requires that a fee of ten dollars per independent contractor be paid upon the submission of such list; provides that monies from such fees shall be used to fund the prevailing wage enforcement fund to prosecute violations of law relating to the misclassification of independent contractors.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/21/01 To Labor
New York A6156	Promotes fairness in competitive bidding by providing for enforcement of prevailing wage provisions applicable to public work construction projects.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/5/01 To Labor
New York A6166	Subjects projects involving the construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repair, renovation or alteration of a building, charter school or improvement to property financed, in whole or in part, through an industrial development agency, job development authority, dormitory authority, correctional authority or similar public entity to public work contract requirements concerning hours, wages and supplements for employees; defines the term "public work".	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/5/01 To Labor
New York A6189	Requires the low bidder on state contracts to provide proof to the satisfaction of the contracting entity that the prevailing wage shall be paid on such contract when such bid is lower than the next lowest bid by ten percent or more.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/5/01 To Labor
New York A6302	Requires that every contractor pay printing trade employees, performing work on a contract in excess of three hundred dollars let by the commissioner of general services pursuant to the New York state printing and public documents law, not less than the prevailing wage in the locality for the craft, trade or occupation of such employee, as determined by the commissioner of labor; permits such contractor to pay prevailing supplement to such wages by any combination of fringe benefits or payment in cash as determined by regulation of the commissioner; establishes procedures for enforcement.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/6/01 To Labor
New York A6334	Provides for prevailing wage audits of ongoing construction in progress jobs by the New York city school construction authority; provides that such audits shall include comparing sign-in sheets with certified payroll forms and payroll records, comparing certified payroll forms with the amount of work completed, as reflected in the contractor`s invoices to the authority and interviewing workers at job sites.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/6/01 To Labor
New York A6689	Requires municipalities to provide notice and to amend its rules before reclassifying laborers, workmen or mechanics; specifies elements of notice; prohibits municipalities from administratively reclassifying laborers, workmen or mechanics who are subject to prevailing rate and supplements of labor law article on public work without the consent of the collective bargaining unit representing affected workers; applies retroactively to reclassifications which have occurred since 1/1/2000.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 7/17/01 Substituted by S4011 (see below)
New York A6759	Requires contractors give greater notice of subcontractors` employees` rights under prevailing wage laws in plain language; makes contractors who are notified that a subcontractor has not paid prevailing wages or supplements liable for such wages or supplements to encourage speedier payment; requires the employee to provide notice to the contractor within 120 days of date when payment was obligated to be paid; provides incentives for quick resolution of prevailing rate claims.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/6/01 Referred to Labor
New York A6861	Includes state and local agency and public authority work contracts within prevailing wage requirements; expands upon arrangements and contracts subject to the public work hours, wages and supplements requirements; defines public works to include all construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, renovation or alteration of a building or improvement to property performed pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into by the state or other public entity involving the employment of laborers; sunset provision.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/6/01 To Labor
New York A6862	Provides for additional penalties for failure to pay prevailing wages or supplements; encourages private actions for recovery of wrongfully withheld wages or supplements by persons employed on a public work contract; authorizes direct recovery against contractor or subcontractor in the absence of a payment bond or a public improvement contract; directs any civil penalties ordered to be paid to the comptroller pursuant to such an action shall be made available to the commissioner of labor for the purposes of article eight of the labor law (public work).	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/6/01 To Labor
New York A7403	Provides for the payment of the prevailing wage for employees; provides that if an employee, client, inmate or student of any political subdivision performs any work for a public entity of which such person is not employed, such person shall be paid the prevailing wage.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/22/01 Referred to Labor
New York A7431	Provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use or open a street is required to be issued.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/26/01 To Labor
New York A7449	Requires the posting of a surety bond from certain apparel industry employers who have previously in the last five year period been found in violation of provisions of the labor law which pertain to payment of wages and the minimum wage, or if an apparel industry employer has failed to comply with a commissioner`s order within the last five years; provides monetary penalties and/or terms of imprisonment for non-compliance.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/26/01 Referred to Labor
New York A8541	Enacts the "Omnibus Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act".	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 5/15/01 To Codes
New York A8613	Provides a time schedule that the fiscal officer must follow when investigating and adjudicating complaints of prevailing wage violations.	A: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/27/01 To Labor
New York SB1177	Redefines "prevailing wage" in a public works contract.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 1/17/01 To Labor
New York S1181	Provides that every printing trade employee performing work on certain contracts let by the state be paid not less than the prevailing wage.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 1/17/01 To Labor
New York S1250	Defines lowest responsible bidder for purposes of the prevailing wage law.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 4/19/01 Amend; To Labor
New York S1270	Requires payment of prevailing wage by all contractors at air terminals in cities with a population of one million or more; provides that violations of this provision shall render contractor liable for the amount of any deductions, rebates, refunds or underpayment of compensation due to any employee performing under contract; requires any contract entered into by an operating entity or airline at such air terminal property shall contain a guarantee that the prevailing wages and fringe benefits shall be paid.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 1/22/01 To Labor
New York S2069	Provides for additional penalties for failure to pay prevailing wages or supplements; encourages private actions for recovery of wrongfully withheld wages or supplements by persons employed on a public work contract; authorizes direct recovery against contractor or subcontractor in the absence of a payment bond or a public improvement contract (public work).	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 6/21/01 To Rules
New York S2143	Provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use or open a street is required to be issued.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 2/5/01 To Labor
New York S2144	Subjects projects involving the construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repair, renovation or alteration of a building, charter school or improvement to property financed, in whole or in part, through an industrial development agency, job development authority, dormitory authority, correctional authority or similar public entity to public work contract requirements concerning hours, wages and supplements for employees; defines the term "public work".	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 2/5/01 To Labor
New York S2146	Requires any person, corporation or other business entity contracting with the state to submit to the commissioner of labor a list of independent contractors hired; requires that a fee of ten dollars per independent contractor be paid upon the submission of such list; provides that monies from such fees shall be used to fund the prevailing wage enforcement fund to prosecute violations of law relating to the misclassification of independent contractors.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 2/5/01 To Labor
New York S4011	Requires municipalities to provide notice and to amend its rules before reclassifying laborers, workmen or mechanics; specifies elements of notice; prohibits municipalities from administratively reclassifying laborers, workmen or mechanics who are subject to prevailing rate and supplements of labor law article on public work without the consent of the collective bargaining unit representing affected workers; applies retroactively to reclassifications which have occurred since 1/1/2000.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 7/17/01 To 3rd Reading
New York S4269	Provides a time schedule that the fiscal officer must follow when investigating and adjudicating complaints of prevailing wage violations.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 4/9/01 To Labor
New York S4615	Provides that a public work contractor who submits a bond to the financial officer of a public entity in the amount of the withholding for an alleged failure to pay the prevailing wages or supplements, shall be entitled to the return of any moneys withheld for such purpose.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 4/17/01 To Labor
New York S4616	Requires the terms of the supplements required to be paid to public work employees to be included in bids for the contract for the public work; requires the rate of prevailing wage for public work to apply from July first through June thirieth.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 4/17/01 To Labor
New York S4618	Provides that prevailing wages and supplements paid to public workers employees shall be based upon local standards for the occpations of such employees; the determination of which occupation each employee is employed in shall be based upon federal stanards; prevailing wages shall be based upon the average wage paid to a particular occupation within the appropriate locality.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 4/17/01 To Labor
New York S4842	Requires contractors give greater notice of subcontractors` employees` rights under prevailing wage laws in plain language; makes contractors who are notified that a subcontractor has not paid prevailing wages or supplements liable for such wages or supplements to encourage speedier payment; requires the employee to provide notice to the contractor within 120 days of date when payment was obligated to be paid; provides incentives for quick resolution of prevailing rate claims.	S: 1 2 3 A: 1 2 3 4/17/01 To Labor
Ohio HB239	Makes school facilities construction subject to the Prevailing Wage Law.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 5/2/01 In CL
Ohio HB252	Makes school facilities construction subject to the Prevailing Wage Law and to prohibit a board of education of a school district or the governing board of an educational service center from awarding a contract for construction, repair, or other work on a public improvement that is supported in whole or in part by the state to a contractor that does not have a principal place of business in Ohio.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 5/15/01 In CL
Ohio SB114	Modifies the Prevailing Wage Law to apply only to public improvements owned by the state and to establish a two-year statute of limitations for actions alleging violations of that law.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 5/17/01 In ICL
Oregon HB2194	Relating to landscape contractor discipline.	4/23/2001
Oregon HB2523	Relating to prevailing wage rate.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 7/7/01 In committee upon adjournment
Oregon HB2749	Relating to prevailing wage rate determination.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 7/7/01 In committee upon adjournment
Oregon HB3350	Relating to payment of prevailing wage rate on public works projects.	6/26/2001
Oregon HB3384	Relating to prevailing wage rates.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 7/7/01 In committee upon adjournment
Oregon HB3417	Relating to prevailing wage rates.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 7/7/01 In committee upon adjournment
Oregon HB3447	Relating to prevailing wage rates.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 7/7/01 In committee upon adjournment
Oregon HB3605	Relating to prevailing wage rate on public works.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 7/7/01 In committee upon adjournment
Oregon HB3609	Relating to prevailing wage rates.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 7/7/01 In committee upon adjournment
Pennsylvania HB883	Amends the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, further providing for definitions; and providing for school district options.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 3/12/01 To Labor Relations
Pennsylvania SB37	Amends the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act by further defining "public work."	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/22/01 To Labor and Industry
Pennsylvania SB376	Amends the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act by further providing for the scope of the act.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/8/01 To Labor and Industry
Pennsylvania SB446	Authorizes optional prevailing wage ordinances; and makes repeals.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 2/15/01 Referred to Labor and Industry
Pennsylvania SB821	Amends the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act by further providing for the scope of the act.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 6/21/01 Laid on table
Rhode Island HB6163	The rates of wages to be paid the various classes of service employees in the performance of the contract or any subcontract thereunder shall be based upon the prevailing rates for employment in the municipality. The rates of wages shall be furnished by the director in a schedule containing the classification of jobs and rate of wages to be paid for each job.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 5/17/01 Continued
Rhode Island SB473	Relates to State contracts and prevailing wage.	7/13/2001
Tennessee HB857 and SB1530	Requires state agencies to receive prompt written notification of prevailing wage determinations.	H: 1 23 S: 1 2 3 2/8/01 To Consumer & Employee S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 2/28/01 To Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A
Tennessee HB1194 and SB1492	Requires prevailing wage commission to determine prevailing wage for building construction annually instead of biennially and to take into consideration fringe benefits in calculating prevailing wage for such industry.	H: 1 23 S: 1 2 3 5/9/01 Action Deferred to 2002 S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 5/1/01 Action Deferred to 2002
Texas HB110	Relating to wage rates paid by or on behalf of school districts on public works projects.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 1/24/01 To Public Education
Texas HB1527	Relating to allowing public bodies the authority to require wages higher than the prevailing wage rates for public works.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/14/01 To State Affairs
Texas HB1611	Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to collect a penalty for the failure of a contractor or subcontractor to pay the prevailing wage rate.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 5/7/01 To Intergovernmental Relations
Texas SB350	Relating to wage rates paid by or on behalf of certain school districts on public works projects.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 6/17/01 Vetoed by the Governor
Virginia HB1931	Prohibits public bodies from using best value to require contractors to pay wage rates established by the public body.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/14/01 Passed by indefinitely in General Laws
Washington HB1137	Requiring monetary penalties for prevailing wage settlements.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/25/01 In special session: In Commerce & Labor
Washington HB1138	Relating to prevailing wage; depositing wage fines in the public works administration account.	5/13/2001
Washington HB1589	Exempts local governments from prevailing wages requirements.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/25/01 In special session: In Commerce & Labor
Washington HB1677	Adjusts prevailing wages laws.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/25/01 In special session: In Transportation
Washington HB2213	Limiting the payment of prevailing wages on transportation projects.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 4/25/01 In special session: In Transportation
Washington SB5366	Exempting public works and maintenance contracts of school districts from prevailing wage requirements.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 4/25/01 In special session: In Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions
Washington SB5744	Adjusting prevailing wage laws.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 4/25/01 In special session: In Transportation
Washington SB5926	Relating to prevailing wage; depositing wage fines in the public works administration account.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 4/25/01 Special session; retained in present status; In Ways & Means
Washington SB5927	Requiring monetary penalties for prevailing wage settlements.	S: 1 2 3 H: 1 2 3 4/25/01 In special session: Senate Rules "X" file
West Virginia HB2085	Exempting construction performed on behalf of educational authorities from prevailing wage laws.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/14/01 To House Judiciary
West Virginia HB2086	Requiring the commissioner of labor to base the determination of prevailing wage rates on certain statistics and providing county commissioners authority to review the determination.	H: 1 2 3 S: 1 2 3 2/14/01 To House Judiciary
West Virginia HB2331	Requiring wage rates to be noted in a contract proposal rather than attached to the construction contracts.	4/27/2001
West Virginia SB586	Raising threshold for bids on certain infrastructure construction projects.	5/1/2001
Wyoming HB236	Amends procedures for determining prevailing hourly rate of wages.	3/1/2001

Source: NCSL
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