republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2023-2024/sf-542.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to youth employment, providing for a minor driver’s license interim study committee, and making penalties applicable.	A bill for an act relating to youth employment, providing for a minor driver’s license interim study committee, and making penalties applicable.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2023-2024	SF 542	Iowa SF 542 (2023-2024)	bill	career and technical education child labor children juveniles labor and employment liability insurance machinery occupational safety and health work-based learning	enacted		24	44	11	2023-03-06	2023-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/f5438967-3193-49c7-84b0-d790f1ea5f2c	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 542&ga=90	82db329aef7dd771da19b492476c4ccfede8374702219d2703ca6d4e0482d753	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Amendment H-1281 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-1286 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-1291 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment H-1292 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment H-1307 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment H-1308 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amendment H-1337 (committee substitute) — source
9. Amendment H-1340 (committee substitute) — source
10. Amendment H-1341 (committee substitute) — source
11. Amendment H-1345 (committee substitute) — source
12. Amendment S-3138 (committee substitute) — source
13. Amendment S-3145 (committee substitute) — source
14. Amendment S-3146 (committee substitute) — source
15. Amendment S-3147 (committee substitute) — source
16. Amendment S-3148 (committee substitute) — source
17. Amendment S-3149 (committee substitute) — source
18. Amendment S-3150 (committee substitute) — source
19. Amendment S-3151 (committee substitute) — source
20. Amendment S-3220 (committee substitute) — source
21. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
22. Reprinted Marked Up (committee substitute) — source
23. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
24. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/f5438967-3193-49c7-84b0-d790f1ea5f2c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).