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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 542: Relating to youth employment, providing for a minor driver’s license interim study committee, and making penalties applicable

Signed into law

What it does

This bill relates to youth employment. CHILD LABOR. The bill includes various amendments to Code chapter 92, relating to child labor. The bill strikes provisions providing for child labor permits and migrant child labor permits. The bill strikes provisions allowing certain children under years of age to engage in street occupations. The bill modifies permitted and prohibited work that can be performed by minors to years of age, as well as hours in which work can be performed. The bill strikes penalties for certain actions taken in violation of Code chapter to procure employment for oneself or of another person; other penalties for violations of Code chapter are retained.

Sponsors

Workforce committee

Cost

Minimal

Senate File 542 is estimated to have little to no fiscal impact to the State.

Lobbying · 9 for, 23 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Fareway Stores, Inc.; Home Builders Association of Iowa; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Grocery Industry Association; Iowa Nebraska Farm Equipment Dealers Association; Iowa Restaurant Association; National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB /IA); Opportunity Solutions Project

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Blank Childrens Hospital; Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen; Common Good Iowa; IA Mental Health Planning Council; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives; Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Behavioral Health Association (IBHA); Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund; and 11 more

In plain words

  1. March 6, 2023Filed in the Senate
  2. March 6, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 24, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. April 17, 2023Passed the Senate, 32–17
  5. April 19, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  6. May 2, 2023Took the place of HF 647 on the House floor (the same legislation)
  7. May 2, 2023Passed the House, 60–34
  8. May 3, 2023Passed the Senate, 29–18
  9. May 11, 2023Sent to the Governor
  10. May 16, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  11. May 26, 2023Signed into law

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF542