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E2SSB 5061: Public works wages
Data last updated: bill actions through Aug 23, 2026 · lobbyist reports through Sep 30, 2026 (read Oct 14, 2026)
Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed.
- Prime sponsor
- Steve Conway
- Introduced
- Feb 25, 2025
- Status
- By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (Mar 12, 2026)
- The Legislature's page
- E2SSB 5061 on leg.wa.gov
Floor votes
No floor roll call on file (it didn't pass a chamber, or it was decided without one).
Who lobbied on it 19
| Employer | Lobbyists | To 2026 candidates |
|---|---|---|
| WA ST BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL | 3 | — |
| WA & NORTHERN IDAHO DIST COUNCIL LABORERS UNION | 2 | — |
| WA State Assn of Plumbers & Pipefitters | 2 | — |
| ASSOCIATED BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS (WESTERN WA CHAPTER) | 1 | — |
| BAC Local 1 WA/AK | 1 | — |
| BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSN OF WA | 1 | — |
| Climate Jobs Washington | 1 | — |
| IRON WORKERS DIST CNCL OF THE PNW | 1 | — |
| IUOE LOCAL 302 | 1 | — |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 46 | 1 | — |
| LABORERS LOCAL UNION 242 | 1 | $8,750 |
| NATL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSN | 1 | — |
| NATL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS | 1 | — |
| NATL UTILITY CONTRACTORS ASSN WA CHAPTER | 1 | — |
| Northwest Regional Council of SMART | 1 | — |
| REGIONAL WATER COOPERATIVE OF PIERCE CO | 1 | — |
| WA ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSN | 1 | — |
| WA ASSN OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS | 1 | — |
| WA STATE ASSN OF COUNTIES (WSAC) | 1 | — |
Lobbying reports name a bill number, not a position on it or a version of it. Money: what each employer (as a donor to two or more 2026 candidates) gave to the 2026 campaigns of the members who voted yea or nay on the bill's latest final passage in each chamber.