HB2356
Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements, RPS-eligible source work, penalties.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
House: House sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Candi King (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements; RPS-eligible source work; penalties.
Requires each public service company, including its contractors and subcontractors, or third-party developer to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity ... (More) generating sources. The bill requires each public service company to (i) ensure that 15 percent of the total labor hours of such work is performed by qualified apprentices and (ii) employ at least one qualified apprentice if four or more individuals are employed to perform such work. Under the bill, a public service company that fails to meet the requirements of its provisions is required to make penalty payments to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. This bill is identical to SB 853. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104107D
- 01/08/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/21/2025 - House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/22/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/23/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2356)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/26/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2356)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/28/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25105802D-H1
- 01/29/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 01/29/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/29/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/29/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations (11-Y 10-N)
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
- 02/03/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2356ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2356)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's Veto Received by House
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
