---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to automated traffic systems, including for traffic law enforcement and for capture of registration plate images, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to automated traffic systems, including for traffic law enforcement and for capture of registration plate images, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 2681"
citation: "Iowa HF 2681 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["cameras", "driving", "highways", "motor vehicles", "primary roads", "safety", "signs", "transportation department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 11
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-01"
last_action: "2024-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6bdc00a-bbb4-4ef4-99f8-cf890d80a25d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2681&ga=90"
source_hash: "34753cd4a958b199cfce1cc9ca6f4e69820378758df6606a7db607b0eaa348ad"
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 2681 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to automated traffic systems, including for traffic law enforcement and for capture of registration plate images, providing penalties, 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/HF2681.html)
2. **Amendment H-8270** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8270.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8271** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8271.pdf)
4. **Amendment H-8284** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8284.pdf)
5. **Amendment H-8285** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8285.pdf)
6. **Amendment H-8286** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8286.pdf)
7. **Amendment H-8292** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8292.pdf)
8. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/90/attachments/HF2681.html)
9. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/90/attachments/HF2681.html)
10. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF2681_GovLetter.pdf)
11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF2681.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **85–12** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment H-8284, as amended, be adopted? — **47–50** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-01** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
- **2024-04-02** Amendment H-8270 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-03** Amendment H-8271 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-08** Fiscal note.
- **2024-04-09** Amendment H-8284 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-09** Amendment H-8292 to amendment H-8284 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-09** Amendment H-8284, yeas 47, nays 50, lost, as amended.
- **2024-04-09** Amendment H-8286 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-09** Amendments H-8270 and H-8271 out of order.
- **2024-04-09** Amendment H-8285 filed, out of order. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-09** Passed House, yeas 85, nays 12. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Immediate message.
- **2024-04-09** Message from House.
- **2024-04-09** Read first time, attached to SF 2408. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-12** Fiscal note.
- **2024-04-15** Substituted for SF 2408.
- **2024-04-15** Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 1. `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Immediate message.
- **2024-04-15** Message from Senate.
- **2024-04-23** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2024-05-09** Fiscal note.
- **2024-05-17** 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/f6bdc00a-bbb4-4ef4-99f8-cf890d80a25d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).