Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract.

Paragraph (8)(a) no longer requires that a registered apprenticeship program be sponsored by a labor union or jointly sponsored with a labor union and employer association tied to a prevailing wage determination. The new language simply requires that the craft worker is actively employed in the applicable craft or trade, significantly broadening which programs qualify.

The exemption in paragraph (8) was expanded. In addition to the existing exemption for union members whose employer's collective bargaining agreement was used for a prevailing wage determination, workers are now also exempt if their employer is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement with a labor organization recognized under the National Labor Relations Act that provides for participation in jointly administered labor-management trust funds (apprenticeship, training, pension, health, or other benefit plans) maintained under ERISA, regardless of whether that agreement was used in determining the prevailing wage.

The effective date was changed from 90 days after enactment to one year after enactment, giving contractors more time to comply with the new registration requirements.

Two additional senators (Burzicelli, District 3, and Wimberly, District 35) were added as sponsors, and numerous additional senators were added as co-sponsors, indicating broader bipartisan or multi-district support for the bill.