E2SSB 5061: Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed.
Did not pass. The 2025-26 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Conway
- Introduced
- January 13, 2025
- Status
- S Rules 3
- Last action
- By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (March 12, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires public works contracts to include annual adjustments to the minimum hourly wage for laborers, workers, and mechanics based on the latest prevailing wage rate, with some exceptions, rather than basing those wages on the prevailing wage rate in effect at the time of the applicable contract bid or award.
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Floor votes
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 12, 202535 yea · 13 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: Final Passage · February 12, 202630 yea · 19 nay
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