SB0093: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: Introduced Senate Bill (S)
• Current Chamber: senate
• Origin Chamber: senate
• Description: Common construction wage.

Legislators

Actions (6 total)

• Jan 30, 2025, 10:36 AM: Senators Becker and Bohacek added as coauthors
• Jan 28, 2025, 11:00 AM: Senator Goode added as coauthor
• Jan 13, 2025, 9:07 AM: Senator Pol added as coauthor
• Jan 13, 2025, 9:07 AM: Senator Tomes added as third author
• Jan 8, 2025, 10:20 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
• Jan 8, 2025, 10:20 AM: Authored by Senators Dernulc and Niemeyer

Digest

Requires any firm, individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation that is awarded a contract, after June 30, 2025, by the state, a political subdivision, or a municipal corporation for the construction of a public work, and any subcontractor of the construction, to pay a scale of wages that is not less than the common construction wage. Establishes a process for determining the common construction wage. Provides that a contractor or subcontractor who knowingly fails to pay the common construction wage commits a Class B misdemeanor. Provides that a public work project may not be artificially divided into two or more projects to avoid the application of the common construction wage requirements. Provides that a person who unlawfully divides a public work project commits a Class A infraction. Repeals a chapter regarding the effect of the repeal of the common construction wage statute by legislation enacted in 2015 and a chapter regarding wage scales for public works projects. Makes corresponding changes.