H.B. 663 Summary

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

• Removes prevailing wage requirements from multiple construction and public works statutes including sections governing capital improvements, correctional facilities, sports facilities, convention facilities, and transportation improvement districts.

• Amends 17 existing sections of law to remove references to prevailing wage compliance requirements and Chapter 4115 applicability.

• Provides that the repeal does not apply retroactively to contracts entered into before the effective date of the act.

• Eliminates prevailing wage wage rate determination and enforcement duties previously delegated to the superintendent of industrial compliance and other state agencies.