Delaware House Bill 145 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Enrolled on July 1 2015 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-07-01 - HS 1 for HB 145 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill raises the prevailing wage rate contract threshold amount from $100,000 to $500,000 for new construction and from $15,000 to $45,000 for alterations, repairs, renovations, etc. Also the bill establishes a set prevailing wage rate and eliminates the need for an annual survey in certain situations. It also deletes the Prevailing Wage Advisory Council from the Delaware Code. This Council was created by law in 1999 to assist the Department of Labor in carrying out its duties under the prevailing wage law. The Council was appointed by the Director of the Division of Industrial Affairs and had 10 representatives from construction industry organizations/associations. However, there are no members and there has not been a meeting of the Council for approximately 10 years. Finally, the bill established a Prevailing Wage Advisory Committee that is tasked with advising the General Assembly as to how the prevailing wage survey can be improved or whether the survey should be eliminated. The committee is to provide a report to the General Assembly by January 20, 2016.

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Prevailing Wage.

Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]
Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Sen. David McBride [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-01	House	HS 1 for HB 145 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-07-01	House	HS 1 for HB 145 - Necessary rules are suspended in Senate
2015-07-01	House	HS 1 for HB 145 - Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-07-01	House	HS 1 for HB 145 - Necessary rules are suspended in House
2015-05-08	House	Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/679b31bf0f92f43185257e3700771489?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+145/$file/legis.html?open