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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4751
Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 130/2
820 ILCS 130/2.2 new
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Restores certain provisions of the Act to the form in which they existed before Public Act 104-17 took effect. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits the payment of wages and fringe benefits for work performed under the Act that is based upon the craft and the skill level of the laborers, mechanics, or other employees who perform the work if the wages and fringe benefits are established and are paid in accordance with a collective bargaining agreement or understanding between an employer or an employer association and a bona fide labor organization for work performed of a similar character in the locality in which the work is performed. Effective July 1, 2026.
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A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
5Section 2 and by adding Section 2.2 as follows:
6    (820 ILCS 130/2)
7    Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
8mechanics, and other workers employed in any public works, as
9hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
10contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance,
11repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
12whether owned, leased, or rented.
13    As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
14otherwise:
15    "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
16demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part
17out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
18all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
19loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
20any of its political subdivisions, including, but not limited
21to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
22(Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
23Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
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1Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act,
2or the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
3available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; loans or other
4funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development
5Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
6Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section
76z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction
8under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds
9authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond
10Act, funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of
11the State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes
12under Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public
13works" also includes all federal construction projects
14administered or controlled by a public body if the prevailing
15rate of wages is equal to or greater than the prevailing wage
16determination by the United States Secretary of Labor for the
17same locality for the same type of construction used to
18classify the federal construction project. "Public works" also
19includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in part with
20funds from the Environmental Protection Agency under the
21Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act for which
22there is no project labor agreement; (ii) all work performed
23pursuant to a public private agreement under the Public
24Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act or the
25Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport Act;
26(iii) all projects undertaken under a public-private agreement
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1under the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act
2or the Department of Natural Resources World Shooting and
3Recreational Complex Act; and (iv) all transportation
4facilities undertaken under a design-build contract or a
5Construction Manager/General Contractor contract under the
6Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act. "Public
7works" also includes all projects at leased facility property
8used for airport purposes under Section 35 of the Local
9Government Facility Lease Act. "Public works" also includes
10the construction of a new wind power facility by a business
11designated as a High Impact Business under Section
125.5(a)(3)(E) of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, the
13construction of a new utility-scale solar power facility by a
14business designated as a High Impact Business under Section
155.5(a)(3)(E-5) of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, the
16construction of a new battery energy storage solution facility
17by a business designated as a High Impact Business under
18Section 5.5(a)(3)(I) of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, and
19the construction of a high voltage direct current converter
20station by a business designated as a High Impact Business
21under Section 5.5(a)(3)(J) of the Illinois Enterprise Zone
22Act. "Public works" also includes electric vehicle charging
23station projects financed pursuant to the Electric Vehicle Act
24and renewable energy projects required to pay the prevailing
25wage pursuant to the Illinois Power Agency Act. "Public works"
26also includes power washing projects by a public body or paid
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1for wholly or in part out of public funds in which steam or
2pressurized water, with or without added abrasives or
3chemicals, is used to remove paint or other coatings, oils or
4grease, corrosion, or debris from a surface or to prepare a
5surface for a coating. "Public works" also includes all
6electric transmission systems projects subject to the Electric
7Transmission Systems Construction Standards Act. "Public
8works" does not include work done directly by any public
9utility company, whether or not done under public supervision
10or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public
11funds. "Public works" also includes construction projects
12performed by a third party contracted by any public utility,
13as described in subsection (a) of Section 2.1, in public
14rights-of-way, as defined in Section 21-201 of the Public
15Utilities Act, whether or not done under public supervision or
16direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds.
17"Public works" also includes construction projects that exceed
1815 aggregate miles of new fiber optic cable, performed by a
19third party contracted by any public utility, as described in
20subsection (b) of Section 2.1, in public rights-of-way, as
21defined in Section 21-201 of the Public Utilities Act, whether
22or not done under public supervision or direction, or paid for
23wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works" also
24includes any corrective action performed pursuant to Title XVI
25of the Environmental Protection Act for which payment from the
26Underground Storage Tank Fund is requested. "Public works"
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1also includes all construction projects involving fixtures or
2permanent attachments affixed to light poles that are owned by
3a public body, including street light poles, traffic light
4poles, and other lighting fixtures, whether or not done under
5public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part
6out of public funds, unless the project is performed by
7employees employed directly by the public body. "Public works"
8also includes work performed subject to the Mechanical
9Insulation Energy and Safety Assessment Act. "Public works"
10also includes the removal, hauling, and transportation of
11biosolids, lime sludge, and lime residue from a water
12treatment plant or facility and the disposal of biosolids,
13lime sludge, and lime residue removed from a water treatment
14plant or facility at a landfill. "Public works" also includes
15sewer inspection projects that use a closed-circuit television
16to identify issues in a sewer system, such as cracks in pipes,
17root intrusion, blockages, or other structural damage. "Public
18works" does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an
19owner-occupied single-family residence or at an owner-occupied
20unit of a multi-family residence. "Public works" does not
21include work performed for soil and water conservation
22purposes on agricultural lands, whether or not done under
23public supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public
24funds, done directly by an owner or person who has legal
25control of those lands.
26    "Construction" means all work on public works involving
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1laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
2repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
3whether owned, leased, or rented.
4    "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
5public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
6available in the county a sufficient number of competent
7skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the
8public works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any
9other county nearest the one in which the work or construction
10is to be performed and from which such persons may be obtained
11in sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
12respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
13Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
14of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
15construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
16workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
17    "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
18commission of the State or any political subdivision or
19department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or
20in part by public funds, and includes every county, city,
21town, village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
22reclamation improvement or other district and every other
23political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
24whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
25operates under a special charter or not.
26    "Labor organization" means an organization that is the
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1exclusive representative of an employer's employees recognized
2or certified pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act.
3    The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
4"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
5wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
6[full journeyman] annualized fringe benefits for training and
7apprenticeship programs approved by [registered with] the U.S. 
8Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training,
9[Office of Apprenticeship within the U.S. Department of Labor's ]
10[Employment and Training Administration with full journeymen ]
11[annualized fringe benefits for] health and welfare, insurance,
12vacations, and pensions paid generally, in the locality in
13which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
14work of a similar character on public works.
15(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-327, eff. 1-1-24;
16103-346, eff. 1-1-24; 103-359, eff. 7-28-23; 103-447, eff.
178-4-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-1066, eff. 2-20-25; 104-17,
18eff. 7-1-26 (see Section 35-5 of P.A. 104-434 for effective
19date of P.A. 104-17); 104-23, eff. 6-30-25; 104-160, eff.
208-14-25; revised 12-2-25.)
21    (820 ILCS 130/2.2 new)
22    Sec. 2.2. Skilled laborers. Nothing in this Act shall 
23prohibit the payment of wages and fringe benefits for work 
24performed under this Act that is based upon the craft and the 
25skill level of the laborers, mechanics, or other employees who 
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1perform the work if the wages and fringe benefits are 
2established and are paid in accordance with a collective 
3bargaining agreement or understanding between an employer or 
4an employer association and a bona fide labor organization for 
5work performed of a similar character in the locality in which 
6the work is performed.
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
82026.