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Senate briefly advances construction payment protections but circles bill for drafting clarifications
Summary
Sponsors presented the Utah Construction Contracts Prompt Payment Act (second substitute), emphasizing required payment terms in bid documents and a subcontractor "walk-off" remedy; senators raised concerns about overriding long-standing oral practices and potential effects on small local contractors, and the Senate circled the bill for further revision.
Sponsor on the floor introduced the second substitute of the Utah Construction Contracts Prompt Payment Act and described two central provisions: requiring bid documents to include terms of payment and creating a statutory fallback that would allow subcontractors to walk off a job after a set notice and dispute process if payments had not been made.
Why it matters: Backers said the measure aims to protect smaller subcontractors who can be left unpaid because of payment sequencing in construction projects. Critics on the floor cautioned that the bill…
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