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Utah law would establish a new wage floor for construction workers on public projects costing at least $100,000, requiring the state Labor Commission to calculate a minimum "wage standard" — based on the median hourly wage plus benefits — for each occupation in every county, using the federal Davis-Bacon guide as a baseline that the state standard cannot fall below. Contractors and subcontractors would be required to pay laborers and mechanics working directly on these projects at least this wage standard (with a partial exception allowing lower pay, but never less than half the standard, for workers in approved apprenticeship programs), keep detailed payroll records for three years, and have these wage rates listed in public bid solicitations along with proof of contractor bonding. Workers who transport materials to job sites and prisoners in the penal system would not count as "qualifying employees" covered by this wage requirement. Contractors who violate these rules would face class B misdemeanor charges and fines equal to the wage shortfall, while affected workers could separately sue for back pay, interest, court costs, and attorney fees within two years of completing work on the project; the bill also makes related technical updates to Utah's general public procurement code to align definitions with these new construction wage rules.