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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 381: Relating to youth employment and providing penalties

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to youth employment. The bill generally strikes statutory changes made by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 542, and restores statutory language in effect prior to the enactment of 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 542. The elimination of the work categories of street occupations and migratory labor, a prohibition on persons under years of age working in occupations in establishments where nude or topless dancing is performed, and a prohibition on sexually violent predators or sex offenders employing persons under years of age, enacted by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 542, are retained.

Sponsors

Sen. Liz Bennett (D), Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D), Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D), Sen. Art Staed (D), Sen. Thomas Townsend (D), Sen. Janice Weiner (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D), Sen. Mike Zimmer (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 24, 2025

  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jeff Taylor (R) · jeff.taylor@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Council 61; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

In plain words

  1. February 19, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
  2. February 24, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Donahue and Taylor

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/91/SF381