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SB1528 • 2026

contracts; public works; employees; apprenticeships..

SB1528 - contracts; public works; employees; apprenticeships..

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Flavio Bravo
Last action
2026-02-03
Official status
Senate second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details on how these changes will be enforced or what penalties might apply.

Contracts for Public Works; Employee and Apprenticeship Rules

This bill changes rules about public works contracts to prohibit certain types of agreements between contractors and labor organizations.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends the law so that agencies and local governments cannot require project labor agreements or neutrality agreements as conditions for bidding on or working on public projects.
  • Prohibits political subdivisions from requiring contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, or carriers to participate in apprenticeship programs registered with the U.S. Department of Labor.
  • Defines key terms like 'agency', 'political subdivision', and 'public works contract'.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Agencies and local governments that award public works contracts
  • Contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, and carriers working on public projects

Terms To Know

Project labor agreement
An agreement between a contractor and one or more labor organizations about the terms of employment for workers on a construction project.
Public works contract
A contract involving work done by laborers, mechanics, or other workers in building, altering, or repairing public buildings or improvements.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not affect private parties' ability to enter into individual collective bargaining relationships.
  • It also doesn't regulate activities protected by federal law like the National Labor Relations Act.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate second read

  2. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  3. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Senate Government: None

  4. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1528 - contracts; public works; employees; apprenticeships..

Current Bill Text

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SB1528 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
contracts; public works; employees; apprenticeships..

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1528

Introduced by

Senator
Bravo

AN
ACT

amending section 34-321, arizona
revised statutes; relating to public works contracts.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 34-321, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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34-321.

Public policy; prevailing wage contracts; prohibited agreements;
definitions

A. The public interest in the rates of wages paid
under public works contracts transcends local or municipal interests and is of
statewide concern.

B. Agencies and political subdivisions of this state
shall not
require
by regulation
,

or
ordinance or in any other manner
,

require
public works contracts to contain a provision
requiring the wages paid by the contractor or any subcontractor to be not less
than the prevailing rate of wages for work of a similar nature in
the
this
state or political subdivision
where the project is located.

C. Agencies and political subdivisions of this state
shall not require in any public works contracts that a contractor,
subcontractor, material supplier or carrier engaged in the construction,
maintenance, repair or improvement of public works do any of the following as a
condition of or a factor in bidding, negotiating, being awarded or performing
work on a public works contract:

1. Negotiate, execute or otherwise become a party to
any project labor agreement or other agreement with employees, employees'
representatives or any labor organization.

2. Enter into a neutrality agreement with any labor
organization.

3. Participate in or contribute to an
apprenticeship program that is registered with the United States department of
labor.

D. Subsection C of this section does not:

1. Prohibit private parties from entering into
individual collective bargaining relationships.

2. Regulate or interfere with activity protected by
law, including the national labor relations act.

E. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Agency" has the same meaning
prescribed in section 41-1001.

2. "Neutrality agreement" includes an
agreement to remain neutral toward any labor organization, release private
employee information not required by federal labor law, allow access to
property beyond what is required by federal labor law and recognize a labor
organization without a secret ballot election conducted pursuant to federal
labor law.

3. "Political subdivision" means a city,
charter city, town, county, school district, community college district,
multi-county water conservation district, industrial development authority or
special taxing district established pursuant to title 48 that is primarily
supported by taxes.

4. "Project
labor agreement" means any prehire, collective bargaining, model
construction or similar type of agreement entered into with one or more labor
organizations, employees or employee representatives that establishes the terms
and conditions of employment on a construction project.

5. "Public works contract" means a
contract to which this state or a political subdivision is a party
involving

and that involves
the employment
of laborers, workmen or mechanics in the construction, alteration or repair of
public buildings or improvements.
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