HA1TOSB272 • 2025

This Amendment adds an annual reporting requirement to the S.B.

Education Labor

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Osienski
Last action: 2026-06-29
Official status: Introduced and Placed With Bill
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not define 'Project Labor Agreement' or 'Sunset Date', so definitions were removed to strictly follow source material.

Amendment Adding Reporting Rules and Cost Changes for Public Works Projects

This amendment requires yearly reports on worker demographics for certain construction projects, sets an end date for the law in 2031, and raises the cost limit for which these rules apply.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Department of Education to create a yearly report about hiring on public works projects that use project labor agreements.
Mandates that reports include worker details like state of residence, gender, and race.
Asks for cost comparisons between projects using these agreements and similar ones without them completed or started before December 31, 2026.
Sets an end date for the law on December 31, 2031, unless lawmakers pass a new act to extend it.
Raises the minimum total cost of public works projects covered by these rules from $5 million to $10 million.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Education
School districts and charter schools that must provide hiring data
Public works projects costing at least $10 million

Limits and Unknowns

The text does not state what happens if school districts or charter schools fail to provide the required information.
Cost comparison data is only available for similar projects completed or started before December 31, 2026.

Bill History

2026-06-29 Delaware General Assembly
Introduced and Placed With Bill

Official Summary Text

This Amendment adds an annual reporting requirement to the S.B. 272, as amended. The annual report must include demographic data on employees hired under project labor agreements required by this Act. This Amendment also sunsets this Act on December 31, 2031. Finally, this Amendment increases the minimum aggregate cost of the public works project from $5 million to $10 million.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Osienski

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 272

AMEND Senate Bill No. 272, as amended, after line 43 and before line 44 by inserting the following:

“

(d)(1) The Department of Education must prepare an annual report regarding hiring during the previous calendar year for all public works projects that include a project labor agreement under this section. The report must include all of the following information:

a. A list of all public works projects that include project labor agreements and the total costs of those projects.

b. For each employee hired or paid under a project labor agreement:

1. State of residence.

2. Gender.

3. Race.

c. The costs of comparable or similar public works projects that did not use project labor agreements and were completed or entered into prior to December 31, 2026.

(2) Each school district or charter school must provide the Department of Education with the information required under paragraph (d)(1) of this section as requested or required by the Department of Education.

(3) The report required under this subsection must be submitted to the chair and vice-chair of the Joint Committee on Capital Improvement, the chairs of the House and Senate Labor Committees, the Controller General, the Director and the Librarian of the Division of Legislative Services, and the Delaware Public Archives by February 1 of each year.

”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 272, as amended, after line 44 by inserting the following:

“Section 5: This Act sunsets on December 31, 2031, unless there is a subsequent Act of the General Assembly.”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 272, as amended, on line 6 of Senate Amendment No. 1 by deleting “

$5

” and inserting in lieu thereof “

$10

”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment adds an annual reporting requirement to the S.B. 272, as amended. The annual report must include demographic data on employees hired under project labor agreements required by this Act. This Amendment also sunsets this Act on December 31, 2031. Finally, this Amendment increases the minimum aggregate cost of the public works project from $5 million to $10 million.