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House Journal: Page 1685: Tuesday, April 18, 1995

The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.


The House resumed consideration of Senate File 398, a bill for
an act relating to commutation of sentences of persons who have
been sentenced to life imprisonment, previously deferred and
placed on the unfinished business calendar.
Lamberti of Polk offered the following amendment H-3789 filed by
the committee on judiciary and moved its adoption:
H-3789
 1     Amend Senate File 398, as amended, passed, and re-
 2   printed by the Senate, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 17 the
 4   following:
 5     "Sec. ___.  Section 914.2, Code 1995, is amended to
 6   read as follows:
 7     914.2  RIGHT OF APPLICATION.
 8     A Except as otherwise provided in section 902.2, a
 9   person convicted of a criminal offense has the right
10   to make application to the board of parole for
11   recommendation or to the governor for a reprieve,
12   pardon, commutation of sentence, remission of fines or
13   forfeitures, or restoration of rights of citizenship
14   at any time following the conviction.
15     Sec. ___.  Section 914.3, subsection 1, Code 1995,
16   is amended to read as follows:
17     1.  The Except as otherwise provided in section
18   902.2, the board of parole shall periodically review
19   all applications by persons convicted of criminal
20   offenses and shall recommend to the governor the
21   reprieve, pardon, commutation of sentence, remission
22   of fines or forfeitures, or restoration of the rights
23   of citizenship for persons who have by their conduct
24   given satisfactory evidence that they will become or
25   continue to be law-abiding citizens."
26     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
The committee amendment H-3789 was adopted.
Lamberti of Polk offered the following amendment H-3956 filed by
him and moved its adoption:
H-3956
 1     Amend Senate File 398, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, line 6, by striking the word "ten" and
 4   inserting the following:  "five".
Amendment H-3956 was adopted.

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