Illinois Green Lights Further Expansion of its Notorious Prevailing Wage Law: All Work Related to Traffic Light and Street Light Poles Regardless of Public Funding is Now Covered!?!

On July 28, 2023, Governor Pritzker signed into law a number of amendments to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (IPWA), including HB 3792, which amends the IPWA to include, among other things, all work related to fixtures or permanent attachments affixed to traffic light and street light poles in the Act’s definition of the term “Public works” — regardless if public funds are used or not.