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House limits public-works wage conditions, rejects amendment to preserve local anti-poverty contracts
Summary
Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 137 to prohibit state public entities from requiring predetermined wages or project-labor terms in public works contracts; an amendment to preserve small local programs aimed at hiring the homeless failed 29–40 and the bill passed 52–20.
The Utah House on March 1 passed Senate Bill 137, a measure that clarifies state policy on public works contracts by prohibiting state-funded projects from requiring predetermined wages, benefits, or project labor agreements except where federal law applies.
Sponsor Representative Short said the bill is a response to a court decision and…
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