---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act providing for the management of weeds, including noxious weeds, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 640.) Effective 7-1-18."
description: "A bill for an act providing for the management of weeds, including noxious weeds, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 640.) Effective 7-1-18."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 2422"
citation: "Iowa HF 2422 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["agriculture and land stewardship department", "botany", "cemeteries", "highways", "plants (vegetation)", "secretary of agriculture", "state botanist", "transportation", "weeds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-20"
last_action: "2018-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94e221d2-e0b9-4733-93a0-2c5c4f293899"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2422&ga=87"
source_hash: "c01ce4002476aae2d4d361be363d3fea2b67a4949ec89fda79d0a4fa8c643c78"
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-ia"]
---

# Iowa HF 2422 (2017-2018) — A bill for an act providing for the management of weeds, including noxious weeds, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 640.) Effective 7-1-18.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/87/attachments/HF2422.html)
2. **Amendment H-8094** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/87/H8094.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/87/attachments/HF2422.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-20** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2018-02-23** Amendments H-8094 and H-8095 filed.
- **2018-02-26** Point of order raised on H-8094, ruled not germane.
- **2018-02-26** Point of order raised on H-8095, ruled not germane.
- **2018-02-26** Passed House, ayes 96 nays 2. `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Immediate message.
- **2018-02-27** Message from House.
- **2018-02-27** Read first time, referred to Agriculture. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** Subcommittee: Kapucian, Brown, and Hart.
- **2018-03-07** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-19** Passed Senate, ayes 47, nays 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Immediate message.
- **2018-03-19** Message from Senate.
- **2018-03-27** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President.
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94e221d2-e0b9-4733-93a0-2c5c4f293899`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).