# Indiana SB 93: Common construction wage.

Indiana SB 93, Common construction wage., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Dan Dernulc (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-01-30 (Senators Becker and Bohacek added as coauthors) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SB 93
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Common construction wage.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-01-30, Senators Becker and Bohacek added as coauthors
- Sponsor: Dan Dernulc (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Subjects: pensions and labor
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Requires any firm, individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation that is awarded a contract, after June 30, 2025, by the state, a political subdivision, or a municipal corporation for the construction of a public work, and any subcontractor of the construction, to pay a scale of wages that is not less than the common construction wage. Establishes a process for determining the common construction wage. Provides that a contractor or subcontractor who knowingly fails to pay the common construction wage commits a Class B misdemeanor. Provides that a public work project may not be artificially divided into two or more projects to avoid the application of the common construction wage requirements. Provides that a person who unlawfully divides a public work project commits a Class A infraction. Repeals a chapter regarding the effect of the repeal of the common construction wage statute by legislation enacted in 2015 and a chapter regarding wage scales for public works projects. Makes corresponding changes.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Dan Dernulc (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Greg Goode (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: James Tomes (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mike Bohacek (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rick Niemeyer (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rodney Pol (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Vaneta Becker (Republican), Senate

## Actions (6)

- 2025-01-30: Senators Becker and Bohacek added as coauthors (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: Senator Goode added as coauthor (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: Senator Pol added as coauthor (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: Senator Tomes added as third author (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Authored by Senators Dernulc and Niemeyer (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0093/versions/SB0093.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed)
- SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed)
- SB 80: Code publication. (signed)
- SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed)
- SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed)
- SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0093/versions/SB0093.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related
- [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025)
- [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025)
- [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025)
- [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025)
- [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025)
- [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB93-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).