SB 2090 Summary

• Expands Hawaii's prevailing wage law (Chapter 104) to include utility workers alongside laborers and mechanics on public works projects.

• Defines "public work" to explicitly include utility projects funded with public revenues or tax-exempt bond proceeds.

• Requires contractors to submit itemized fringe benefit reporting forms documenting health and welfare, pension, vacation, continuing education, and other benefit costs paid to workers.

• Extends prevailing wage protections to utility workers in collective bargaining agreements and project labor agreements, with overtime compensation requirements.

• Takes effect upon approval with amendments applying throughout Chapter 104 statutes regarding wage determinations, payment requirements, contract provisions, and civil enforcement actions.