BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 5563: Prevailing wage

Concerning how the prevailing wage for public works is determined.

Summary

Requires the industrial statistician, when there is more than one collective bargaining agreement in a county, to determine the prevailing wage using the majority rate from those agreements, or, when a majority rate is not present, the rate representing the preponderance of hours.
Provides that an interested party may contest a determination by the industrial statistician to prove the actual rate used in the determination is less than the rate representing the majority number or preponderance of hours.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5563), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to determining the prevailing wage for public works;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5563 (2025–26) Horse racing · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5563 (2021–22) Enrollment stabilization · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5563 (2019–20) Pilot rest periods · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5563 (2017–18) Truancy law costs · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5563 (2015–16) Environmental handling chrgs · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5563 (2013–14) Sex abuse prevention/schools · Enacted · Chapter 10, Laws of 2013
SB 5563 (2011–12) Energy independence act · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5563 (2009–10) Health employee labor hours · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor