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Senate debate centers on Prompt Payment bill to protect subcontractors
Summary
Senate sponsors advanced SB 19, the Utah Construction Contracts Prompt Payment Act, aiming to create default progress-payment rules to protect subcontractors on projects exceeding 45 days; sponsor said technical changes remain and amendments were promised before third reading.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate spent significant floor time Jan. 23 debating Senate Bill 19, the Utah Construction Contracts Prompt Payment Act, a measure the sponsor described as a fallback to protect subcontractors when payment terms are not written into construction contracts. Sponsor Senator Wadobs told colleagues the bill was "a good bill" born of years of work and aimed at an "egregious problem" of subcontractors being left unpaid when general contractors delay or withhold progress payments.
Supporters — including…
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