Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed.

Changed the wage adjustment requirement to ensure the hourly minimum rate is updated to the latest prevailing rate in effect at the time work is performed, instead of remaining fixed from the bid date.

Clarified that if a project initially specified as residential is later determined to be commercial, the government entity must pay the difference between the residential rate and the actual commercial rate to the contractor.

Updated the bill's effective date to July 1, 2026, and changed the procedural status from a prefiled bill to one read for the first time on February 21, 2025.

Contracts must now stipulate that hourly minimum wages be adjusted annually based on the contract date to ensure they are not less than the latest prevailing rate of wage.

The act's effective date was postponed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2027.

Added an exemption requiring annual wage adjustments only for contracts not covered under RCW 39.04.151.

The sponsoring committee was changed from Senate Labor & Commerce to Senate Transportation, and the first reading date was updated to 02/26/25.

The bill was renumbered from S-1654.1 to S-1920.1 and changed from 'Substitute Senate Bill' to 'Second Substitute Senate Bill'.