26RS HB 344

House Bill 344

Actions

Last Action	01/13/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to local government.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	100
Sponsors	A. Moore, A. Gentry
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project workforce agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to a contractor or group of contractors registered with an apprenticeship and training program; permit cities to negotiate wages that are higher than the state or federal minimum wage as a condition of the project workforce agreement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to define "city," "prevailing wage," "prevailing wage rate," and "public works project"; permit a city to enact prevailing wage ordinances; amend KRS 65.016 to grant local governments the authority to adopt and enforce ordinances that require employers in their jurisdiction to provide leave to employees and set a higher minimum wage than state and federal rates.
Index Headings of Original Version	Charter County Government - Local ordinances on wages and benefits Cities - Local ordinances on wages and benefits Cities - Prevailing wage, permissive establishment, ordinance Cities - Public construction project, contractor preference, project workforce agreement, wages Cities, First Class - Prevailing wage, permissive establishment, ordinance Cities, First Class - Public construction project, contractor preference, project workforce agreement, wages Cities, Home Rule Class - Prevailing wage, permissive establishment, ordinance Cities, Home Rule Class - Public construction project, contractor preference, project workforce agreement, wages Consolidated Local Governments - Local ordinances on wages and benefits Contracts - Public construction project, contractor preference, project workforce agreement Counties - Local ordinances on wages and benefits Counties, Urban - Local ordinances on wages and benefits Labor And Industry - City ordinance, prevailing wage, permissive establishment Labor And Industry - City, contractor preference, project workforce agreement, wages, local ordinance Local Government - City, contractor preference, project workforce agreement, wages, local ordinance Local Government - Local ordinances on wages and benefits Public Works - City ordinance, prevailing wage, permissive establishment Unified Local Governments - Local ordinances on wages and benefits Wages And Hours - City, labor organization, project labor agreement, wages, local ordinance Wages And Hours - Local ordinances on wages and benefits Wages And Hours - Prevailing wage, permissive establishment, city ordinance