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House Journal: Page 536: Thursday, February 23, 1995

23   five years of the felon's confinement and regularly
24   thereafter. If, in the opinion of the board, the
25   person should be considered for release on parole, the
26   board shall recommend to the governor that the
27   person's sentence be commuted to a term of years.  If
28   the person's sentence is so commuted, the person shall
29   be eligible for parole as provided in chapter 906."
30     3.  Page 16, by inserting after line 3 the
31   following:
32     "Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATE -- REPEAL -- TRANSITION.
33     1.  Sections 101 and 102 of this Act take effect
34   July 1, 2000.
35     2.  Sections 1 through 18 of this Act, and sections
36   902.1 and 902.2, are repealed effective June 30, 2000.
37     3.  Persons who have been convicted and sentenced
38   to death, but who have not been executed before July
39   1, 2000, shall not be executed and the sentences
40   imposed shall be commuted to a term of imprisonment
41   until death if the general assembly so provides.
42   Persons who have been charged or indicted with an
43   offense which may be punishable by a sentence of death
44   before July 1, 2000, under the provisions of this Act
45   shall not be sentenced to death upon conviction of the
46   offense in any proceeding which takes place on or
47   after July 1, 2000, but shall be sentenced in
48   accordance with section 101 of this Act."
49     4.  By designating, redesignating, and correcting
50   internal references as necessary.
Roll call was requested by Baker of Polk and Brand of Benton.
On the question "Shall amendment H-3179, to the committee
amendment H-3109, be adopted?" (H.F. 2 )
The ayes were, 36:
Baker          	Bell           	Bernau         	Brand         
	Burnett        	Cataldo        	Cohoon         	Connors       
	Doderer        	Drees          	Fallon         	Hanson        
	Harper         	Holveck        	Jochum         	Koenigs       
	Kreiman        	Larkin         	Mascher        	May           
	McCoy          	Mertz          	Moreland       	Mundie        
	Murphy         	Myers          	Nelson, L.       	O'Brien      
 	Ollie          	Running        	Schrader       	Shoultz       
	Warnstadt      	Weigel         	Wise           	Witt           	
The nays were, 60:
Arnold         	Blodgett       	Boddicker      	Boggess       
	Bradley        	Branstad       	Brauns         	Brunkhorst    
	Carroll        	Churchill      	Coon           	Corbett, Spkr.
Cormack        	Cornelius      	Daggett        	Dinkla        
	Disney         	Drake          	Eddie          	Ertl          
	Garman         	Gipp           	Greig          	Greiner        	

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