H.B. 282 Summary

• Repeals Ohio's Prevailing Wage Law by eliminating Chapter 4115 of the Revised Code, which required contractors on public improvement projects to pay workers at prevailing wage rates established by the state.

• Removes prevailing wage requirements from various public construction projects including capital improvements, convention facilities, sports facilities, port authority projects, and special improvement districts.

• Allows contracts entered before the effective date to remain governed by the prevailing wage law, providing a transition period for existing agreements.

• Amends related sections of the Revised Code that referenced prevailing wage requirements in sections governing state industrial compliance, facility construction, and county sewer districts.

• Exempts existing contracts from the law's repeal by specifying that projects contracted before the effective date continue to follow the previous prevailing wage requirements.