---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to regulation of watercraft and equipment on public lakes by common interest communities and certain nonprofit corporations, and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to regulation of watercraft and equipment on public lakes by common interest communities and certain nonprofit corporations, and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 2485"
citation: "Iowa HF 2485 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["boats and vessels", "corporations", "covenants", "lakes", "natural resource commission", "nonprofit entities", "real property", "water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/536986ec-df1d-43cd-8ae5-15ebbac48074"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2485&ga=90"
source_hash: "e122a1977fc81c4c0ba394086291119c2c41039109e6d61d4ee3b90a5d8c9e76"
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 2485 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to regulation of watercraft and equipment on public lakes by common interest communities and certain nonprofit corporations, and including effective date provisions.

## 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/90/attachments/HF2485.html)
2. **Amendment H-8009** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8009.pdf)
3. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/90/attachments/HF2485.html)
4. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/90/attachments/HF2485.html)
5. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF2485_GovLetter.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF2485.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **74–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** Amendment H-8009 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-21** Amendment H-8009 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Passed House, yeas 74, nays 22. `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Immediate message.
- **2024-02-22** Message from House.
- **2024-02-22** Read first time, attached to SF 2292. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** Substituted for SF 2292.
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 5. `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Immediate message.
- **2024-02-27** Message from Senate.
- **2024-02-28** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2024-02-28** 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/536986ec-df1d-43cd-8ae5-15ebbac48074`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).