---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment of minors."
description: "Provides certain exemptions from the employment of minors law. Repeals a provision concerning conditions for the employment of a minor as a performer. Provides exemptions from certain hour and time restrictions for the employment of a minor who is at least 14 years of age and less than 16 years of age. Removes language providing that a minor who is at least 14 years of age and less than 16 years of age may only work until 7 p.m. on a day that precedes a school day from June 1 through Labor Day. Repeals provisions concerning hour and time restrictions for the employment of a minor who is at least 16 years of age and less than 18 years of age. Specifies that the prohibition on a minor from working in a hazardous occupation does not apply to a minor who is at least 16 years of age and less than 18 years of age who is employed in agriculture. Repeals a provision concerning restrictions on an employer who employs a minor to work after 10 p.m. and before 6 a.m. Makes corresponding changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1093"
citation: "Indiana HB 1093 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE; Generally", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Employment and Labor Law Issues", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Kendell Culp", "Linda Rogers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c418b35-5f32-4166-af78-7190f8ca8cfc"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1093"
source_hash: "c599afb19c3dc33fcc8a92e51b492b6211b830d858aa32b64c31e1e4f10820bd"
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-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1093 (2024) — Employment of minors.

Provides certain exemptions from the employment of minors law. Repeals a provision concerning conditions for the employment of a minor as a performer. Provides exemptions from certain hour and time restrictions for the employment of a minor who is at least 14 years of age and less than 16 years of age. Removes language providing that a minor who is at least 14 years of age and less than 16 years of age may only work until 7 p.m. on a day that precedes a school day from June 1 through Labor Day. Repeals provisions concerning hour and time restrictions for the employment of a minor who is at least 16 years of age and less than 18 years of age. Specifies that the prohibition on a minor from working in a hazardous occupation does not apply to a minor who is at least 16 years of age and less than 18 years of age who is employed in agriculture. Repeals a provision concerning restrictions on an employer who employs a minor to work after 10 p.m. and before 6 a.m. Makes corresponding changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1093/HB1093.03.ENGH.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1093/HB1093.06.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1093/HB1093.05.COMS.pdf)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1093/HB1093.04.COMS.pdf)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1093/HB1093.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1093 - Buchanan - 3rd Reading — **39–9** (pass) · upper
- HB 1093 - Culp K - 2nd Reading — **67–27** (pass) · lower
- HB 1093 - Buchanan - 2nd Reading — **10–39** (fail) · upper
- HB 1093 - Culp — **62–31** (pass) · lower
- HB 1093 - Culp K - 2nd Reading — **26–68** (fail) · lower
- HB 1093 - Culp - 3rd Reading — **66–31** (pass) · lower
- HB 1093 - Culp K - 2nd Reading — **28–67** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
- Kendell Culp — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
- Joanna King — coauthor (person)
- Matt Lehman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Authored by Representative Culp
- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Representative VanNatter added as coauthor
- **2024-01-25** Amendment #4 (Culp) prevailed; Roll Call 45: yeas 67, nays 27 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25** Amendment #2 (Garcia Wilburn) failed; Roll Call 47: yeas 28, nays 67 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2024-01-25** Amendment #1 (Garcia Wilburn) failed; Roll Call 46: yeas 26, nays 68 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2024-01-29** Representative King J added as coauthor
- **2024-01-29** Representative Lehman added as coauthor
- **2024-01-29** Senate sponsor: Senator Buchanan
- **2024-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 59: yeas 66, nays 31 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Senator Rogers added as second sponsor
- **2024-02-26** Senator Doriot added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-29** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Amendment #1 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 248: yeas 10, nays 39 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2024-03-04** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Amendment #2 (Hunley) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2024-03-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 276: yeas 39, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-06** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 297: yeas 62, nays 31
- **2024-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Public Law 133 `became-law`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c418b35-5f32-4166-af78-7190f8ca8cfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).