BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5176

SB 5176: Prompt pay/capital projects

Implementing prompt pay recommendations from the capital projects advisory review board.

Summary

Clarifies that payment on public works projects must be made within 30 days of receipt of a properly completed invoice, and all subcontractors to be paid within ten days after payment is received by the prime contractor, with 1 percent interest per month charged on all late payments.
Requires the state or local government to provide contractors with payment information and a point of contact prior to the start of a project.
Excludes retainage from withheld amounts that will accrue interest and adjusts the rate of withholding in good faith disputes from 150 percent to 100 percent.
Modifies requirements for requesting and issuing change orders.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to implementing prompt pay recommendations from the capital projects advisory review board;

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

Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5176)
Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jan 28, 2025Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5176)
Jan 28, 2025Referred to Ways & Means.
Jan 24, 2025SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5176)
Jan 24, 2025And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5176)
Jan 24, 2025And refer to Ways & Means.
Jan 24, 2025SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 13, 2025First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
Jan 8, 2025Prefiled for introduction.

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

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