*SB0146.1*
January 26, 2024
SENATE BILL No. 146
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DIGEST OF SB 146 (Updated January 25, 2024 11:59 am - DI 119)
Citations Affected: IC 7.1-5; IC 22-2; noncode.
Synopsis: Youth employment. Allows a person who is at least 18
years of age to ring up a sale of alcoholic beverages in the course of the
person's employment. Allows a waiter, waitress, or server who is at
least 18 years of age to serve alcoholic beverages in a dining room of
a restaurant or hotel under certain conditions. Provides an exemption
from the law regarding employment of minors for a legal entity in
which a parent of the employed minor, or a person standing in place of
the parent, has an ownership interest. (Under current law, the
exemption applies to a legal entity whose ownership is limited solely
to the minor's parents or persons standing in place of the minor's
parents.) Provides that a minor who is at least 14 years of age and less
than 16 years of age may work: (1) until 9 p.m. if the minor's parent
provides written consent for the minor to work later than 7 p.m.; and
(2) until 11 p.m. if: (A) the minor is not required to attend school the
next day; and (B) the minor's parent provides written consent for the
minor to work later than 9 p.m. Provides, for purposes of the reporting
requirement applicable to an employer that employs a specified number
of minors, that: (1) a minor's date of hire is the first date on which the
minor performs work for the employer; and (2) an employer must
report any new or changed information not later than the fifteenth and
last business days of each month.
Effective: July 1, 2024.
Rogers, Buchanan
January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology.
January 25, 2024, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass.
SB 146—LS 6693/DI 141 January 26, 2024
Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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SENATE BILL No. 146
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning labor
and safety.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 7.1-5-7-13, AS AMENDED BY P.L.270-2017,
2 SECTION 20, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 13. (a) Section 12 of this chapter does not prohibit
4 the following:
5 (1) The employment of a person at least eighteen (18) years of age
6 but less than twenty-one (21) years of age on or about licensed
7 premises where alcoholic beverages are sold, furnished, or given
8 away for consumption either on or off the licensed premises, for
9 a purpose other than:
10 (A) selling;
11 (B) furnishing, other than serving;
12 (C) consuming; or
13 (D) otherwise dealing in;
14 alcoholic beverages.
15 (2) A person at least nineteen (19) eighteen (18) years of age but
16 less than twenty-one (21) years of age from ringing up a sale of
17 alcoholic beverages in the course of the person's employment.
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1 (3) A person who is at least nineteen (19) eighteen (18) years of
2 age but less than twenty-one (21) years of age and who has
3 successfully completed an alcohol server training program
4 certified under IC 7.1-3-1.5 from serving alcoholic beverages in
5 a dining area or family room of a restaurant or hotel:
6 (A) in the course of a person's employment as a waiter,
7 waitress, or server; and
8 (B) under the supervision of a person who:
9 (i) is at least twenty-one (21) years of age;
10 (ii) is present at the restaurant or hotel; and
11 (iii) has successfully completed an alcohol server training
12 program certified under IC 7.1-3-1.5 by the commission.
13 This subdivision does not allow a person at least nineteen (19)
14 eighteen (18) years of age but less than twenty-one (21) years of
15 age to be a bartender.
16 (4) The employment of a person at least eighteen (18) years of age
17 but less than twenty-one (21) years of age on or about licensed
18 premises where alcoholic beverages are sold, furnished, or given
19 away for consumption either on or off the licensed premises if all
20 the following apply:
21 (A) The person is employed as an assistant on a delivery truck.
22 (B) The person's duties with respect to alcoholic beverages are
23 limited to handling alcoholic beverages in connection with the
24 loading, unloading, stowing, or storing of alcoholic beverages
25 that are being delivered or picked up.
26 (C) The person does not sell, furnish, or deal in alcoholic
27 beverages in any manner except as expressly permitted under
28 clause (B).
29 (D) The person acts under the supervision of a driver holding
30 a salesman's permit.
31 (E) The person does not collect money for the delivery or pick
32 up.
33 (b) This chapter does not prohibit a person less than twenty-one (21)
34 years of age from being on the premises of a brewery under
35 IC 7.1-3-2-7(5), a farm winery, including any additional locations of
36 the farm winery under IC 7.1-3-12-5, or an artisan distillery under
37 IC 7.1-3-27-5, if the person is:
38 (1) the child, stepchild, grandchild, nephew, or niece of an owner
39 of the:
40 (A) brewery;
41 (B) farm winery; or
42 (C) artisan distiller; and
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1 (2) employed on the premises for a purpose other than:
2 (A) selling;
3 (B) furnishing, other than serving;
4 (C) consuming; or
5 (D) otherwise dealing in;
6 alcoholic beverages.
7 A minor described in this subsection is not required to be accompanied
8 by a parent, legal guardian or custodian, or family member who is at
9 least twenty-one (21) years of age while on the premises of the brewery
10 or farm winery.
11 SECTION 2. IC 22-2-18.1-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.147-2020,
12 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
13 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 2. (a) This chapter does not apply to:
14 (1) a parent who employs the parent's own child;
15 (2) a person standing in place of a parent who employs a child in
16 the person's custody; or
17 (3) a legal entity whose ownership is limited to the parents in
18 which a parent of the employed child or persons a person
19 standing in place of the parent of the employed child has an
20 ownership interest;
21 except in the instances of underage employment (as set forth in section
22 12(a) of this chapter), employment during school hours (as set forth in
23 section 12(b) of this chapter), and employment in hazardous
24 occupations designated by federal law (as set forth in section 23 of this
25 chapter).
26 (b) This chapter does not apply to a minor enrolled in a work based
27 learning course (as defined in IC 20-43-8-0.7).
28 SECTION 3. IC 22-2-18.1-17, AS ADDED BY P.L.147-2020,
29 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
30 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 17. The following apply only to a minor who is at
31 least fourteen (14) years of age and less than sixteen (16) years of age:
32 (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3), the minor
33 may not work before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m.
34 (2) However, except on a day that precedes a school day when the
35 minor may only work until 7 p.m., The minor may work until 9
36 p.m. from June 1 through Labor Day. if the minor's parent
37 provides the minor's employer with written consent for the
38 minor to work later than 7 p.m.
39 (3) The minor may work until 11 p.m. if:
40 (A) the minor is not required to attend school the next day;
41 and
42 (B) the minor's parent provides the minor's employer with
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1 written consent for the minor to work later than 9 p.m.
2 (2) (4) The minor may not work:
3 (A) more than three (3) six (6) hours on a school day;
4 (B) more than eighteen (18) twenty-eight (28) hours in a
5 school week;
6 (C) more than eight (8) hours on a nonschool day; or
7 (D) more than forty (40) hours in a nonschool week.
8 SECTION 4. IC 22-2-18.1-26, AS ADDED BY P.L.147-2020,
9 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
10 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 26. (a) Each employer that hires, employs, or
11 permits at least five (5) minors who are:
12 (1) at least fourteen (14) years of age; and
13 (2) less than eighteen (18) years of age;
14 to work in a gainful occupation must register with the department.
15 (b) An employer that must register under this chapter must provide,
16 in the form and manner prescribed by the department, the following
17 information:
18 (1) The name of the employer.
19 (2) The electronic mail address of the employer.
20 (3) The number of minors whom the employer has hired,
21 employed, or permitted to work in a gainful occupation. For
22 purposes of this subdivision, the minor's date of hire is the
23 first date on which the minor performs work for the
24 employer.
25 (4) Any other information required by the department.
26 (c) On or before the fifteenth and last business day of each
27 month, an employer that must register under this chapter shall
28 enter any new or changed information regarding:
29 (1) a qualifying location; and
30 (2) the names and numbers of minors at each qualifying
31 location.
32 SECTION 5. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024] (a) The department of
33 labor shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to amend 610 IAC 10-5-4
34 to conform with IC 22-2-18.1-26, as amended by this act.
35 (b) This SECTION expires July 1, 2025.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Madam President: The Senate Committee on Commerce and
Technology, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 146, has had the
same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as
follows:
Page 3, delete lines 28 through 42, begin a new paragraph and
insert:
"SECTION 3. IC 22-2-18.1-17, AS ADDED BY P.L.147-2020,
SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 17. The following apply only to a minor who is at
least fourteen (14) years of age and less than sixteen (16) years of age:
(1) Except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3), the minor
may not work before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m.
(2) However, except on a day that precedes a school day when the
minor may only work until 7 p.m., The minor may work until 9
p.m. from June 1 through Labor Day. if the minor's parent
provides the minor's employer with written consent for the
minor to work later than 7 p.m.
(3) The minor may work until 11 p.m. if:
(A) the minor is not required to attend school the next day;
and
(B) the minor's parent provides the minor's employer with
written consent for the minor to work later than 9 p.m.
(2) (4) The minor may not work:
(A) more than three (3) six (6) hours on a school day;
(B) more than eighteen (18) twenty-eight (28) hours in a
school week;
(C) more than eight (8) hours on a nonschool day; or
(D) more than forty (40) hours in a nonschool week.".
Delete page 4.
Page 5, delete lines 1 through 20.
Page 5, line 35, delete "the first day that a minor starts" and insert
"the minor's date of hire is the first date on which the minor
performs work for the employer.".
Page 5, delete lines 36 through 37.
Page 5, line 41, delete "update any change in" and insert "enter any
new or changed".
Page 6, delete lines 3 through 29.
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
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(Reference is to SB 146 as introduced.)
BUCHANAN, Chairperson
Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 1.
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