FINAL BILL REPORT
2ESB 5993
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Synopsis as Enacted
Brief Description: Concerning public works contracts and projects.
Sponsors: Senators King, Fain, Litzow, Braun, Schoesler, Parlette, Warnick, Sheldon, Hewitt, Becker and Brown.
Senate Committee on Transportation
House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards
Background: For contracts advertised for bid on or after July 1, 2009, for all public works by the Department of Transportation (DOT) estimated to cost $2 million or more, all specifications must require that no less than 15 percent of the labor hours be performed by apprentices.
The Department of Labor and Industries does not provide registered contractors with the option of completing a wage survey to assist in the establishment of a prevailing wage rate electronically.
Summary: Contracts advertised for bid on or after July 1, 2015, and before July 1, 2020, for all public works by DOT estimated to cost $3 million or more must require that no less than 15 percent of the labor hours be performed by apprentices. For contracts advertised for bid on or after July 1, 2020, all public works by DOT estimated to cost $2 million or more, all specifications must require that not less than 15 percent of the labor hours be performed by apprentices.
The Department of Labor and Industries must provide registered contractors with the option of completing a wage survey electronically.
Votes on Final Passage:
Senate | 48 | 1 |
Third Special Session
Senate | 43 | 2 | |
House | 97 | 1 |
Effective: | July 14, 2015 |