Payment of prevailing wage; certified payroll, penalties.
Summary
Payment of prevailing wage; certified payroll; penalties. Requires employers that are subject to prevailing wage provisions for work done on public contracts to furnish the Commissioner of Labor and Industry within 30 days after issuance of its first payroll, and every 30 days thereafter, a certified payroll that consists of a complete copy of certain records accompanied by a statement signed by the employer that indicates that (i) such records are true and accurate, (ii) the hourly rate paid to each worker is not less than the general prevailing rate of hourly wages required by law; and (iii) the contractor or subcontractor is aware that filing a certified payroll that he knows to be false is a Class 6 felony. The bill provides civil penalties not to exceed $1,000 for each violation for violations of prevailing wage provisions for any contractor or subcontractor that (a) knowingly fails to provide the certified pay scale for each craft or trade employed on the project, (b) knowingly fails to provide the certified payroll required by the bill, and (c) fails to post the general prevailing wage rate for each craft and classification involved in a contract in prominent and easily accessible places at the site of the work and a civil penalty not to exceed $10 per calendar day that required records have not been received. The bill also provides that any contractor or subcontractor who knowingly files false records or willfully fails to file records is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Last action Mar 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 9, 2022
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
Feb 9, 2022
D
Democratic17
94% Yea
R
Republican16
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Committee
Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0-2)
senate
Feb 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N)
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102463D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
GB
George Barker
DDemocratic
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