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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT HOUSE BILL 1633 Chapter 308, Laws of 2025 69TH LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS—PRIME CONTRACTOR BIDDING SUBMISSIONS EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025 Passed by the House April 24, 2025 Yeas 91 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 7, 2025 Yeas 49 Nays 0 DENNY HECK President of the Senate CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1633 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN Chief Clerk Chief Clerk Approved May 17, 2025 11:38 AM FILED May 19, 2025 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington HOUSE BILL 1633 AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Representatives Hill, Waters, Bergquist, Obras, Taylor, Ormsby, Berry, Peterson, Gregerson, Parshley, Reed, Reeves, Simmons, Thomas, and Nance Read first time 01/27/25. Referred to Committee on Capital Budget. AN ACT Relating to prime contractor bidding submission requirements on public works contracts; and amending RCW 39.30.060. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1. RCW 39.30.060 and 2021 c 103 s 1 are each amended to read as follows: (1) Every invitation to bid on a prime contract that is expected to cost $1,000,000 or more for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work of the state or a state agency or municipality as defined under RCW 39.04.010 or an institution of higher education as defined under RCW 28B.10.016 shall require each prime contract bidder to submit: (a) ((Within one hour after ))At the published bid submittal time, the names of the licensed subcontractors and proof of license with whom the bidder, if awarded the contract, will subcontract for performance of the work of: HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning); plumbing as described in chapter 18.106 RCW; and electrical as described in chapter 19.28 RCW, or to name itself for the work, if it is licensed to perform the work for which it has named itself. Errors identified by the contracting agency in the proof of license information must be corrected by the bidder within 48 hours of submission ; and (b) Within 48 hours after the published bid submittal time, the names of the subcontractors with whom the bidder, if awarded the contract, will subcontract for performance of the work of structural steel installation and rebar installation. (2) The prime contract bidder shall not list more than one subcontractor for each category of work identified, unless subcontractors vary with bid alternates, in which case the prime contract bidder must indicate which subcontractor will be used for which alternate. Failure of the prime contract bidder to submit as part of the bid the names of such subcontractors or to name itself to perform such work or the naming of two or more subcontractors to perform the same work shall render the prime contract bidder's bid nonresponsive and, therefore, void. (3) Substitution of a listed subcontractor in furtherance of bid shopping or bid peddling before or after the award of the prime contract is prohibited and the originally listed subcontractor is entitled to recover monetary damages from the prime contract bidder who executed a contract with the public entity and the substituted subcontractor but not from the public entity inviting the bid. It is the original subcontractor's burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that bid shopping or bid peddling occurred. Substitution of a listed subcontractor may be made by the prime contractor for the following reasons: (a) Refusal of the listed subcontractor to sign a contract with the prime contractor; (b) Bankruptcy or insolvency of the listed subcontractor; (c) Inability of the listed subcontractor to perform the requirements of the proposed contract or the project; (d) Inability of the listed subcontractor to obtain the necessary ((license, )) bonding, insurance, or other statutory requirements to perform the work detailed in the contract; (e) Refusal or inability to provide a letter of bondability from a surety company; or (f) The listed subcontractor is barred from participating in the project as a result of a court order or summary judgment. (4) The requirement of this section to name the prime contract bidder's proposed subcontractors applies only to proposed HVAC, plumbing, electrical, structural steel installation, and rebar installation subcontractors who will contract directly with the prime contract bidder submitting the bid to the public entity. (5) This section does not apply to design-build requests for proposals under RCW 39.10.330, to general contractor/construction manager requests for proposals under RCW 39.10.350, or to job order contract requests for proposals under RCW 39.10.420. (((6) The legislature finds that there are hundreds of capital construction projects completed each year which include complex contracting and bidding requirements. It is the intent of the legislature to review current subcontractor listing requirements to allow fair, transparent, and competitive bidding while prohibiting bid shopping. The capital projects advisory review board must submit a report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature by November 1, 2020, and a second report by November 1, 2022. The reports must: (a) Evaluate current subcontractor listing policies and practices; (b) Recommend appropriate expansion of the number of subcontractors that may be listed in order to improve transparency and fairness without reducing competitive bidding and access to public works by minority and women-owned businesses; and (c) Recommend possible project threshold and time frames for purposes of subcontractor listings for all scopes of work that are not required to list under law, including: The timing of subcontractor listing, bond requirements for subcontractors, general contractors standard contract request, and general contractor/construction manager and design-build applications. )) Passed by the House April 24, 2025. Passed by the Senate April 7, 2025. Approved by the Governor May 17, 2025. Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 19, 2025.
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