ASAToday for February, 12th 2025

This Week in Congress Both chambers of Congress are in session this week and will be in recess next week. The House considered four bills including the SAVE Act (S. 1383), which…

FY26 Appropriations Update Last Tuesday, Congress passed, and President Trump signed, a Senate-revised appropriations minibus, bringing an end to a brief partial government shutdown. The bill fully funds all federal agencies and…

Rescission of Health and Transportation Funds The Trump administration is rescinding a total of $1.5 billion in health and transportation funds from multiple blue states. The OMB directed the Transportation Department to…

Protection of Federal Workers or Not? The Trump administration has finalized a rule that allows for the easier dismissal of 50,000 federal workers focused on policy. This change eliminates many civil service…

ASA Central PA and ASA SWPA Support Anti-Indemnification Legislation On Wednesday, February 4th, the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee passed HB1541 unanimously, a key anti-indemnification bill that ASA Central PA and SWPA Chapters…

Greater Kansas City ASA (KCASA) Supports Mutual Waiver of Consequential Damages Legislation Greater Kansas City ASA (KCASA) supports SB 335, which requires construction contracts to include a mutual waiver of consequential damages…

KCASA Opposes Increasing Statutory Bond Requirements KCASA strongly opposes SB 436,which would amend K.S.A. 19-214 by increasing the statutory bond requirements for counties from $25,000 to $100,000. An increase of $75,000 would…

ASA Baltimore Supports Strengthening Maryland’s Prompt Pay Law ASA Baltimore supports SB 671, which would strengthen prompt payment protections for subcontractors across Maryland by ensuring clearer rules and fairer treatment in public…