---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to levee and drainage districts, by providing for the repair or reconstruction of levees, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to levee and drainage districts, by providing for the repair or reconstruction of levees, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 711"
citation: "Iowa HF 711 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["appropriations", "drainage districts", "homeland security and emergency management department", "improvements", "levee districts", "levees", "safety", "special districts", "water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-10"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b357ad17-0f02-46fa-9720-8592ee7989be"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 711&ga=90"
source_hash: "67462ab6ed2e3d392a607d5a2fde03cf4322c1b0fe1ec43acf9b93a38fe28f24"
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 711 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to levee and drainage districts, by providing for the repair or reconstruction of levees, making appropriations, 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/HF711.html)
2. **Amendment H-1344** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1344.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-3192** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3192.pdf)
4. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF711_GovLetter.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF711.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-10** Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** NOBA: House Full Approps
- **2023-04-13** Passed House, yeas 99, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Immediate message.
- **2023-04-14** NOBA: House Floor
- **2023-04-17** Message from House.
- **2023-04-17** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Subcommittee: Zumbach, Dotzler, and Kraayenbrink.
- **2023-04-21** Subcommittee Meeting: 04/24/2023 1:30PM Senate Lounge.
- **2023-04-24** Subcommittee recommends passage. []. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Amendment S-3192 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-28** NOBA: Senate Full Approps
- **2023-05-02** Amendment S-3192 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-02** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Immediate message.
- **2023-05-02** Message from Senate.
- **2023-05-02** Senate amendment H-1344 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-03** House concurred in Senate amendment H-1344.
- **2023-05-03** Passed House, yeas 93, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Immediate message.
- **2023-05-04** Message from House.
- **2023-05-09** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2023-05-12** NOBA: Final
- **2023-06-01** 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/b357ad17-0f02-46fa-9720-8592ee7989be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).