SHB 1821: Expanding the definition of "interested party" for the purposes of prevailing wage laws.
Signed into law: Chapter 99, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Cortes
- Introduced
- February 4, 2025
- Status
- C 99 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025*. (April 21, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires an employee's payroll records to be provided to an "interested party" for purposes of enforcing prevailing wage requirements. Expands the definition of "interested party" to include joint labor-management cooperation committees and Taft-Hartley trusts.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 7, 202559 yea · 38 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 9, 202528 yea · 21 nay
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