RELATING TO RETAINAGE.

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Allows procurement officers to withhold a retainage fee from the total budget from contractors to ensure satisfactory project completion. Requires the retainage fee to be paid to contractors within a certain number of days of project completion. Applies to public contracts executed on or after 1/1/2026. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1)

Chamber: Senate
Introduced: Jan 23, 2025
Last action: Jan 23, 2025 — Introduced.
Session: 2026
Momentum: 54 · Moderate

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Passed First Chamber — base rate 11%, measured from HI's completed sessions
Momentum +1 54/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 629 days quiet

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