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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2022 Regular Session

Provides relative to change orders on public works contracts. (8/1/22) (EG NO IMPACT See Note) [SB-474] [Construction ] [Public Safety ]
Provides relative to change orders on public works contracts. (8/1/22) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patrick McMath Called From The Calendar. on 05/31/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Model Procurement Code. [SB-327] [Budget and Spending ]
Amend KRS 45A.030 to make a technical correction.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler To State & Local Government (s) on 03/07/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to financial assistance and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-343] [Water ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Infrastructure ] [Finance ] [Environmental ] [Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 224A to make findings and declarations of the General Assembly regarding the need for funding for public funding for drinking water and wastewater systems; establish a water management assistance fund which is administered by the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to provide assistance for both capital and non-capital expenses of governmental entities that provide public drinking water and wastewater services to the public; describe the various non-capital expenses that the fund can provide funding for; amend KRS (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler Recommitted To State & Local Government (s) on 03/23/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to prevailing wage. [SB-382] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Construction ] [Budget and Spending ]
Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to create a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 336.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Morgan McGarvey To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 03/07/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Kentucky Service Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly. [SCR-174] [Military ] [Veterans ]
Establish the Kentucky Service Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Morgan McGarvey To State & Local Government (s) on 03/07/2022

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2022 Regular Session

Provides a producer of surety bonds written for a public works project is not required to have a separate disclosure and an itemization of all fees. (7/1/22) [SB-274] [Construction ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Insurance ] [Consumer Protection ]
Provides a producer of surety bonds written for a public works project is not required to have a separate disclosure and an itemization of all fees. (7/1/22)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Talbot Rules Suspended. Recalled From Committee. on 03/21/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to biosolids. [SB-301] [Environmental ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Water ]
Create a new section of Subchapter 50 of KRS Chapter 224 to require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate new administrative regulations to regulate biosolids from wastewater treatment at a publicly owned treatment works in conformity with and no more stringent than federal standards under 40 C.F.R. pt. 530.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon Withdrawn on 03/16/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to financial assistance and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-758] [Water ] [Infrastructure ] [Budget and Spending ] [Finance ] [Environmental ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 224A to making findings and declarations of the General Assembly regarding the need for funding for public funding for drinking water and wastewater systems; establish a water management assistance fund which is administered by the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to provide assistance for both capital and non-capital expenses of governmental entities that provide public drinking water and wastewater services to the public; describe the various non-capital expenses that the fund can provide funding for; amend (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 177) on 04/08/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact – City of Bowie [HB-1439] [Disaster Relief ] [Public Safety ] [Community Development ]
Authorizing the City of Bowie to participate in the Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact; and providing that the Compact is intended to provide for emergency management mutual assistance between certain jurisdictions and for mutual cooperation in emergency management-related exercises, testing, or other training activities.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes Favorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/11/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to prevailing wage. [HB-509] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Construction ] [Budget and Spending ]
Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to create a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 336.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry Introduced In House on 02/16/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact - City of Bowie [SB-932] [Disaster Relief ] [Public Safety ] [Community Development ]
Authorizing the City of Bowie to participate in the Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson Approved By The Governor - Chapter 281 on 05/12/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to construction bids. [HB-481] [Construction ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Education ] [Economic Development ]
Amend KRS 45A.494 to include a bidding preference of five percent for bidders who certify that 25 percent of their workforce have completed or are in the process of completing a registered apprenticeship and to include a bidding preference of five percent for bidders who certify that 70 percent of their workforce resides either in Kentucky or within 50 miles of the work site; amend KRS 176.082 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to offer online courses to fulfill the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery Introduced In House on 02/10/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Calvert County - Public Facilities Bonds [HB-893] [Budget and Spending ] [Construction ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Safety ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Calvert County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $28,183,000 to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public buildings, roads, and facilities in Calvert County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds in like par amount; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 617 on 05/29/2022

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 32nd Legislature

Public Constr Contracts: Alaska Materials [HB-305] [Construction ] [Public Safety ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
An Act relating to the awarding of public construction contracts; and relating to the materials and services used by contractors for public construction contracts.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Tuck Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/04/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to prevailing wage. [HB-441] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Construction ]
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 337 to define "city," "prevailing wage," "prevailing wage rate," and "public works project"; permit a city to enact prevailing wage ordinances; repeal KRS 65.016.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell Introduced In House on 02/02/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to public procurement. [HB-417] [Construction ] [Trade ] [Manufacturing ] [Economic Development ] [Public Safety ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to set forth findings of the General Assembly and establish a policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to promote the Kentucky and United States economies by requiring a preference for iron, steel, aluminum, and manufactured goods produced in Kentucky and the United States; define "manufactured in Kentucky," "manufactured in the United States," and "United States"; require preference for iron, steel, aluminum, and manufactured goods made in Kentucky in construction and maintenance contracts and subcontracts; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Miller Introduced In House on 02/01/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to local government. [HB-399] [Economic Development ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 42.455 to delete requirements for a public hearing and notifications concerning public hearings by a local government receiving economic development funds; require local governments to provide for public input into the expenditure of public funds for economic development; amend KRS 91A.040 to change audit deadlines from February to March and reporting deadlines from March to April; increase exemption for city audit from $75,000 to $150,000; require that if a city claims the exemption for 4 years, an attestation of engagement must be prepared (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 103) on 04/08/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Procurement - Prevailing Wage - Applicability [HB-611] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Construction ] [Budget and Spending ]
Applying the Prevailing Wage Law to a certain contract for the construction of a public work by expanding the definition of "construction" to include services provided under a mechanical systems service contract.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to procurement. [SB-127] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Trade ]
Amend KRS 45A.490, relating to the Model Procurement Code, to include new defined terms; amend 45A.494 to exclude businesses that are controlled by an entity outside Kentucky from qualifying as a resident bidder, establish new preferences for bidders who are resident bidders and who use employees located in Kentucky to fulfill the contract, and establish an exception to these preferences if they contradict federal policy.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith To State & Local Government (s) on 01/31/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Calvert County - Public Facilities Bonds [SB-442] [Budget and Spending ] [Construction ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Safety ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Calvert County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $28,183,000 to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public buildings, roads, and facilities in Calvert County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds in like par amount; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022

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