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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2374: Relating to privately owned lakes

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the definition of a privately owned lake. The bill defines a privately owned lake as a body of water for which all land under and adjacent to the body of water is owned by an individual or group of joint owners. Current law lists the possible owners as an individual, a group, or a nonprofit organization. The bill also narrows the definition of a privately owned lake to not include a body of water that requires approval for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a dam, embankment, spillway, or appurtenant works from the department of natural resources or the natural resource commission (commission), or a body of water that is fed by, connects with, or discharges into public waters.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 12, 2024

  • Rep. Taylor R. Collins (R) · taylor.collins@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Jacob Bossman (R) · jacob.bossman@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Eric J. Gjerde (D) · eric.gjerde@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 4 against

Against: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Sun Valley Iowa Lake Association; SunValleyLake Rural Improvement Zone; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 8, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee
  2. February 12, 2024House subcommittee named: Collins, Bossman and Gjerde

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF2374