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SB272 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

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Last action
2026-06-29
Official status
Amendment HA 1 to SB 272 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS.
  • This Act requires that if public works project is for a school district and has an aggregate cost of $1 million or more, a contract relating to that public works project, advertised after December 31, 2026, must include a project labor agreement with the Delaware Building and Construction Trades Council unless there was only 1 bid for the craft under the contract.
  • A project labor agreement is a type of collective bargaining agreement in the construction industry that is generally negotiated before construction begins.
  • Project labor agreements are intended to provide a legally binding and enforceable contract primarily related to labor conditions and labor-management relations.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-29 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 1 to SB 272 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  2. 2026-06-10 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 8 On Its Merits

  3. 2026-06-04 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Labor Committee in House

  4. 2026-05-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 272 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  5. 2026-05-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 272 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  6. 2026-05-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT

  7. 2026-04-16 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits

  8. 2026-03-26 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS.
This Act requires that if public works project is for a school district and has an aggregate cost of $1 million or more, a contract relating to that public works project, advertised after December 31, 2026, must include a project labor agreement with the Delaware Building and Construction Trades Council unless there was only 1 bid for the craft under the contract.

A project labor agreement is a type of collective bargaining agreement in the construction industry that is generally negotiated before construction begins. Project labor agreements are intended to provide a legally binding and enforceable contract primarily related to labor conditions and labor-management relations.

The requirements under this Act are not regulatory. Under existing law, school districts must comply with the procurement requirements for State agencies under Chapter 69 of Title 29. As such, the requirements under this Act apply only to contracts where this State is acting as a market participant and ha