NevadaUtility contractors must follow public construction pay rules on covered projects
Contractors on certain approved gas pipeline and power plant projects must follow public construction wage rules, except for older contracts and some electric utility contracts with labor or worksite agreements.
What it does
Contractors must follow public construction pay rules on certain approved utility projects that do not count as public construction. This covers contracts entered into on or after October 1, 2025, with exceptions for electric utility contractors with specified labor or worksite agreements.
Argument forWorkers on covered utility projects could benefit from having their pay governed by the same wage standards used for public construction.
Argument againstFollowing public construction wage rules could add compliance work for contractors on covered utility projects.
More detail
Contractors and subcontractors must follow the wage rules used for public construction on covered utility work that does not count as public construction. Covered projects are gas pipeline replacements and new electric generating facilities of at least 50 megawatts, each approved in the required utility plan. Covered utilities purchase natural gas for retail sale or are electric utilities. Electric utility contracts are exempt when the contractor doing the main construction has a collective bargaining agreement with workers, a project labor agreement, or a qualifying worksite agreement. A qualifying worksite agreement must cover construction of the project or maintenance or other ongoing work after completion. The requirement does not apply to contracts entered into before October 1, 2025.
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- Passed Senate
- Passed House
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History
- 2025
- Jun 6Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo. Chapter 392.Became Law
- Jun 4Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 2Assembly Amendment Nos. 649 and 774 concurred in. To enrollment.Major
- May 23Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 774.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To printer. From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Fourth reprint. To Senate. In Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Assembly (3rd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 22From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
- May 20Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 649.) To printer.Minor
- May 19From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.Minor
- Apr 24From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.Minor
- Apr 22Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 550.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To printer.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 21Taken from General File. To printer. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Placed on General File. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- Apr 18Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- Apr 17From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 519.) Reprinting dispensed with. Placed on General File.Minor
- Mar 26From printer. To committee.
- Mar 24Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.Introduced
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