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Prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work by public service companies. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry to determine and make available the prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work, as defined in the bill. Under the bill, each public service company shall ensure that its bid specifications or other contracts applicable to underground infrastructure work require payment at the prevailing wage rate. The bill requires contractors and subcontractors to post the prevailing wage rate in a prominent and accessible place at the work site. The bill also requires each contractor or subcontractor subject to the provisions of the bill to comply with certain recordkeeping requirements. The provisions of the bill apply to contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2027.
Latest development · Jul 21, 2026
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Continued from last session
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB260)
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
committee amendment rejected
Read second time
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 26107636D-H1
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
House subcommittee offered
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB260)
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102389D
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