2011 House Bill 4226

Repeal “prevailing wage” law

Introduced in the House

Feb. 10, 2011

Introduced by Rep. Brad Jacobsen (R-46)

To repeal the state “prevailing wage” law, which prohibits awarding government contracts to contractors who submit the lowest bid unless the contractor pays "prevailing wages," which are based on union pay scales in a particular part of a geographic region. This bill revises references in a relate statute; see House Bill 4224.

Referred to the Committee on Oversight, Reform, and Ethics