HB 160 — An Act amending the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, further providing for definitions.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-16
Latest action: — Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Jan. 16, 2025
Sponsors
- Barbara Gleim (R, PA-199) — sponsor · 2025-01-16
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Brad Roae (R, PA-6) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Keith J. Greiner (R, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Steven C. Mentzer (R, PA-97) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Perry A. Stambaugh (R, PA-86) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Bryan Cutler (R, PA-100) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Brian Smith (R, PA-66) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Jill N. Cooper (R, PA-55) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Tim Twardzik (R, PA-123) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- John A. Lawrence (R, PA-13) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Thomas H. Kutz (R, PA-87) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Wendy Fink (R, PA-94) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Brian C. Rasel (R, PA-56) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Jan. 16, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0118 · 2,331 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 118
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 160
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GLEIM, KENYATTA, HAMM, ROAE, GREINER, GROVE,
MENTZER, STAMBAUGH, KAUFFMAN, CUTLER, SMITH, COOPER,
TWARDZIK, LAWRENCE AND ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 16, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 16, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), entitled
2 "An act relating to public works contracts; providing for
3 prevailing wages; imposing duties upon the Secretary of Labor
4 and Industry; providing remedies, penalties and repealing
5 existing laws," further providing for definitions.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 2(5) of the act of August 15, 1961
9 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage
10 Act, is amended to read:
11 Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act--
12 * * *
13 (5) "Public work" means construction, reconstruction,
14 demolition, alteration and/or repair work other than maintenance
15 work, done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out
16 of the funds of a public body where the estimated cost of the
17 total project is in excess of [twenty-five thousand dollars
18 ($25,000)] two hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars ($257,000)
19 as adjusted on March 1 of each year to conform to increases or
1 decreases in the Consumer Price Index as published by the United
2 States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics for the
3 previous calendar year for urban wage earners in the
4 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area combined,
5 but shall not include work performed under a rehabilitation or
6 manpower training program.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. The amendment of section 2(5) of the act shall
9 apply to contracts entered into on or after the effective date
10 of this section.
11 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Labor And Industry Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbara Gleim (R, state_lower PA-199) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brad Roae (R, state_lower PA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Brian C. Rasel (R, state_lower PA-56) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Brian Smith (R, state_lower PA-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Bryan Cutler (R, state_lower PA-100) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jill N. Cooper (R, state_lower PA-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | John A. Lawrence (R, state_lower PA-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Keith J. Greiner (R, state_lower PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Perry A. Stambaugh (R, state_lower PA-86) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Steven C. Mentzer (R, state_lower PA-97) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Thomas H. Kutz (R, state_lower PA-87) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Tim Twardzik (R, state_lower PA-123) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Wendy Fink (R, state_lower PA-94) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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