AN ACT relating to local government.

Also relevant to:Low-income / working-class W-2 worker (non-union)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project workforce agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to a contractor or group of contractors registered with an apprenticeship and training program; permit cities to negotiate wages that are higher than the state or federal minimum wage as a condition of the project workforce agreement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 t…

Source: OpenStates · fetched January 21, 2026

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