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Requiring the consideration of project labor agreements for certain state construction projects
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 24, 2019
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill requires a state agency to consider using a project labor agreement for a large-scale construction project. The bill defines a “project labor agreement” as a comprehensive pre-hire collective bargaining agreement that is negotiated between a project’s owner and an appropriate labor organization and sets out the basic terms and working conditions for that particular project. The bill defines a “large-scale construction project” as the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, conversion, extension, repair, or improvement of a vertical public works project, including a building and other real property-related project, where the total project cost is $25 million or more.
Read the full explanation
The bill authorizes a state agency to require the use of a project labor agreement where the use will advance the state’s interest. The bill sets out certain factors for making such a decision. The bill delineates requirements for a project labor agreement. The bill specifies that the bill should not be construed to preclude a state agency from using a project labor agreement for any construction project not otherwise covered by the bill. The bill specifies that the bill should not be construed to require a contractor or subcontractor to enter into a project labor agreement with any particular labor organization.
House subcommittee
Named January 24, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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