Cities and counties would not be able to require contractors to provide certain benefits and wages to workers on state-funded public works projects under a bill approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

The committee voted 11-7 to advance Sen. Keith Perry’s bill (SB 534), which would preempt local ordinances involved with worker pay, benefits and training if the public works projects, such as a road or school building, had 50 percent or more funding from the state.