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June 24, 2020
On June 11, Ohio Senate Republicans successfully pushed back on a proposal that would have added prevailing wage requirements on certain local transportation projects. ABC of Ohio led the opposition to removing the prevailing wage exemption by applying pressure to state lawmakers through traditional and grassroots outreach.
The provision was tied to Senate Bill 310, an emergency COVID-19 funding bill intended to distribute CARES Act resources to local governments and removed a prevailing wage exemption on projects funded through Transportation Improvement Districts. Instead of voting on SB 310, the Senate added the COVID-19 language to a separate House bill without the prevailing wage provision.
While Ohio has prevailing wage requirements on most state-funded projects, there are limited exceptions to the law that allow certain projects, such as K-12 school construction, to be built without prevailing wages. The prevailing wage exemption also applies to TIDs, which allows local governments across the state to finance and build various projects including streets, highways, rail tracks, bridges and numerous other types of transportation projects all without prevailing wage requirements.
If you have any comments or questions about this legislation, contact Bryan Williams, ABC of Ohio’s director of government affairs.
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