NevadaCustom fabrication workers would receive prevailing pay on public projects
Workers who custom make goods for covered public projects would receive prevailing wages, while some contractors seeking bidding preferences would have to make certain goods in Nevada.
What it does
Workers who custom make goods for covered public projects would receive the region’s prevailing wage, even if they make those goods away from the work site.
Contractors seeking certain bidding preferences on public works in counties with at least 100,000 people would have to make nonstandard goods in Nevada and keep records for inspection.
Argument forCustom fabrication workers could receive prevailing wages on covered projects, including public works where they make goods away from the work site.
Argument againstThe in-state fabrication and record rules could limit contractors’ choices of suppliers and add work when bidding for preferences.
More detail
Workers who custom fabricate goods or materials for covered projects would be paid the region’s prevailing wage. This covers public works, certain local government and state agency performance contracts, and qualifying projects of the Tahoe-Douglas Visitor’s Authority. For public works, custom fabrication workers count as employed on the project wherever they work. The covered local and state agency performance contracts must require workers to perform the project. Tahoe-Douglas Visitor’s Authority projects are covered when they require such workers and do not qualify as public works. The provisions would apply to covered contracts awarded on or after January 1, 2026. Contracts awarded before that date are excluded.
Contractors, applicants, design-build teams, and their subcontractors would certify that each nonstandard good or material is custom fabricated in Nevada and keep related records for inspection. This applies to contractors, applicants, and design-build teams seeking specified public works bidding preferences, and to subcontractors engaged on those projects. This applies when the public work requires a nonstandard good or material and is in a county with a population of at least 100,000. Records must be available for inspection in Nevada. The provisions would apply to covered contracts awarded on or after January 1, 2026. Contracts awarded before that date are excluded.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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History
- 2025
- Jun 10Vetoed by the Governor Joe Lombardo.Latest
- Jun 2Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- May 31In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 699 concurred in. To enrollment.Major
- May 30From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- May 23From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To committee.
- May 22Notice of eligibility for exemption. Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
- May 21From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 699.) Reprinting dispensed with.Minor
- Apr 23From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.Minor
- Apr 21Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 26, Nays: 15, Excused: 1.) To printer.Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded Assembly (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 18Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- Apr 17Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 279.) Dispensed with reprinting.Minor
- Apr 16From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.Minor
- Feb 6From printer. To committee.
- Feb 4Read first time. To printer.Minor
- Feb 3Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs.Introduced
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