FROM INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Some teenagers will be able to work later into the evening during the summer under legislation headed to the governor’s desk.

One of the bill’s provisions allows 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p-m on weeknights between June 1 and Labor Day — two hours later than current law.

Another provision removes regulations that prevent minors from working more than nine hours a day and more than 40 hours during a school week.

Some lawmakers expressed concern that minors could more easily be taken advantageof by employers. They say Indiana’s fines for violating child labor laws don’t do enough to discourage infractions and noted employers are not charged for their first violation.

Lawmakers in favor of the bill say most violations are from minors clocking out a few minutes after their shift ends. They say the bill aligns Indiana child labor laws with federal requirements

The Senate passed the bill Wednesday, sending it to the governor’s desk where he can sign it into law, veto it, or let it become law without his signature.