---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to youth employment, providing for a minor driver’s license interim study committee, and making penalties applicable."
description: "A bill for an act relating to youth employment, providing for a minor driver’s license interim study committee, and making penalties applicable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SF 542"
citation: "Iowa SF 542 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["career and technical education", "child labor", "children", "juveniles", "labor and employment", "liability insurance", "machinery", "occupational safety and health", "work-based learning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 24
action_count: 44
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5438967-3193-49c7-84b0-d790f1ea5f2c"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 542&ga=90"
source_hash: "82db329aef7dd771da19b492476c4ccfede8374702219d2703ca6d4e0482d753"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa SF 542 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to youth employment, providing for a minor driver’s license interim study committee, and making penalties applicable.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/SF542.html)
2. **Amendment H-1281** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1281.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-1286** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1286.pdf)
4. **Amendment H-1291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1291.pdf)
5. **Amendment H-1292** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1292.pdf)
6. **Amendment H-1307** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1307.pdf)
7. **Amendment H-1308** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1308.pdf)
8. **Amendment H-1337** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1337.pdf)
9. **Amendment H-1340** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1340.pdf)
10. **Amendment H-1341** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1341.pdf)
11. **Amendment H-1345** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1345.pdf)
12. **Amendment S-3138** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3138.pdf)
13. **Amendment S-3145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3145.pdf)
14. **Amendment S-3146** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3146.pdf)
15. **Amendment S-3147** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3147.pdf)
16. **Amendment S-3148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3148.pdf)
17. **Amendment S-3149** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3149.pdf)
18. **Amendment S-3150** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3150.pdf)
19. **Amendment S-3151** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3151.pdf)
20. **Amendment S-3220** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3220.pdf)
21. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/90/attachments/SF542.html)
22. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/90/attachments/SF542.html)
23. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/SF542_GovLetter.pdf)
24. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/SF542.html)

## Votes

- Shall amendment S-3151 be adopted? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **29–18** (pass) · upper
- Shall the motion to concur be adopted? — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **60–34** (pass) · lower
- Shall amendment H-1291 be adopted? — **34–61** (fail) · lower
- Shall amendment H-1337, as amended, be adopted? — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment H-1340 be adopted? — **34–61** (fail) · lower
- Shall amendment S-3146 to amendment S-3138 be adopted? — **17–33** (fail) · upper
- Shall amendment H-1308 be adopted? — **34–61** (fail) · lower
- Shall amendment S-3145 to amendment S-3138 be adopted? — **17–33** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-06** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-24** Fiscal note.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2023-04-17** Amendment S-3138 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Amendment S-3145 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Amendment S-3146 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Amendments S-3147 and S-3148 filed.
- **2023-04-17** Deferred.
- **2023-04-17** Amendment S-3148 withdrawn.
- **2023-04-17** Amendment S-3149 filed, ruled out of order. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Amendment S-3150 to S-3138 filed, adopted.
- **2023-04-17** Amendment S-3147 ruled out of order.
- **2023-04-17** Amendment S-3138 adopted, as amended. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Amendment S-3151 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 17. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Immediate message.
- **2023-04-18** Message from Senate.
- **2023-04-19** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-19** Fiscal note.
- **2023-04-20** Amendments H-1281, H-1282, H-1283, H-1284, and H-1285 filed.
- **2023-04-24** Amendments H-1286, H-1287, H-1288, H-1289, H-1290, H-1291, H-1292, H-1293, H-1294, H-1295, H-1296, H-1297, H-1298, H-1300, H-1301, H-1302, and H-1303 filed.
- **2023-04-26** Amendments H-1307, H-1308, and H-1309 filed.
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for HF 647.
- **2023-05-02** Amendments H-1281, H-1282, H-1283, H-1284, H-1285, H-1286, H-1287, H-1288, H-1289, and H-1290 withdrawn.
- **2023-05-02** Amendment H-1341 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Amendments H-1292, H-1293, H-1294, H-1295, H-1296, H-1297, H-1298, H-1300, H-1301, H-1302, H-1303, H-1307, H-1309, and H-1341 withdrawn.
- **2023-05-02** Amendment H-1337 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Amendment H-1345 to amendment H-1337 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-02** Amendment H-1337, yeas 95, nays 0, adopted, as amended.
- **2023-05-02** Amendment H-1308, yeas 34, nays 61, lost.
- **2023-05-02** Amendment H-1291, yeas 34, nays 61, lost.
- **2023-05-02** Amendment H-1340, yeas 34, nays 61, filed, lost.
- **2023-05-02** Passed House, yeas 60, nays 34. `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Explanation of vote.
- **2023-05-02** Immediate message.
- **2023-05-03** Message from House, with amendment S-3220.
- **2023-05-03** Senate concurred with S-3220.
- **2023-05-03** Passed Senate, yeas 29, nays 18. `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Immediate message.
- **2023-05-03** Message from Senate.
- **2023-05-11** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2023-05-16** Fiscal note.
- **2023-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5438967-3193-49c7-84b0-d790f1ea5f2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).