---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boats, motorboats, operation on Lewis Smith Lake, Lake Wedowee, and portion of Shoal Creek, wakeboarding and wakesurfing reg., operation near coastline prohibited, Lake Martin add to lake law applies; operation on lakes near shoreline prohibited, penalties, grace period."
description: "Waters & Boating"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 209"
citation: "Alabama HB 209 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Waters & Boating"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Oliver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73d7adf1-aace-4998-b1b0-fa3ae8ae23fc"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "54b0817b21d470dd6c674f7771468de8e86faa170b3d7f558f2ffa3bc7896259"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 209 (2024rs) — Boats, motorboats, operation on Lewis Smith Lake, Lake Wedowee, and portion of Shoal Creek, wakeboarding and wakesurfing reg., operation near coastline prohibited, Lake Martin add to lake law applies; operation on lakes near shoreline prohibited, penalties, grace period.

Waters & Boating

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB209-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1539718.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment WDGXE99-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/WDGXE99-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB209-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB209-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 424 on HB209 (2024 Regular Session) — **86–5** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 770 on HB209 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 423 on HB209 (2024 Regular Session) — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 422 on HB209 (2024 Regular Session) — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 771 on HB209 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ed Oliver — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 771 `passage`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Transportation and Energy)
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Transportation and Energy)
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 424 `passage`
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 423
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Almond 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06T16:40:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-212 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73d7adf1-aace-4998-b1b0-fa3ae8ae23fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).