H-1307

   Amend Senate File 542, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 13, after line 19 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 714.1, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  9A.  Intentionally fails to pay an employee wages or reimburse expenses pursuant to section 91A.3 or 91A.4 or intentionally withholds or diverts a portion of an employee’s wages contrary to section 91A.5, provided that an amount described in this subsection is not subject to a wage dispute under section 91A.7.>
   2.  Title page, line 1, after <employment> by inserting <and wage theft>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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