AN ACT relating to public construction projects.
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project labor agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to unions through a negotiated project labor agreement; permit cities to negotiate wages that are higher than the state or federal minimum wage as a condition of the project labor agreement; repeal KRS 65.016, which prohibits local governments from requiring an employer to pay a certain wage or fringe benefit other than as determined by the employer.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2022
Last action Feb 2, 2022
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Total actions
2
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0
Committee
1
Feb 2, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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