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Thirtieth Calendar Day - Eighteenth Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, February 7, 1995
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:47 a.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Steven Kruse, Faith Lutheran
Church, Clive.
The Journal of Monday, February 6, 1995 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Connors of Polk on request of Schrader of Marion.
PETITION FILED
By Carroll of Poweshiek from twenty-five citizens of Iowa
favoring reinstatement of the death penalty as an option for the
courts of the land, to be imposed on those convicted of the
heinous crime of abduction and the resultant death of the person
abducted.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 137, by Gipp and Shoultz, a bill for an act relating
to the management of waste tires by providing for the
establishment of a waste tire management grant program,
allocation of moneys for the establishment and administration of
waste tire management projects, providing for a fee on
certificates of title, and providing for a repeal and an
effective date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on environmental
protection.
House File 138, by Connors, a bill for an act relating to
disaster leave for state employees.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 139, by Blodgett, a bill for an act relating to the
disclosure of the methods used by insurance companies and
nonprofit health service corporations to determine the usual and
customary fees for dental care benefit coverages.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 140, by Brunkhorst, a bill for an act relating to the
road testing of oversized vehicles.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 141, by Doderer, Jacobs and Bell, a bill for an act
relating to domestic abuse by providing that protection orders
in domestic abuse cases have indefinite duration, providing for
the seizure of dangerous weapons involved in a domestic violence
assault and of the firearms of perpetrators, creating a
statewide registry of protection orders, providing a presumption
against joint custody of children in certain circumstances, and
changing the penalty for violation of a protection order from
contempt to a serious misdemeanor.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED
Senate File 66, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to cruelty to police service dogs and providing for
enhanced penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 84, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act relating to individual health insurance and individual
health benefit plan reforms, and establishing an income tax
credit for certain individuals.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 41, a bill for an act relating to the establishment
of legal settlement for certain blind persons and providing an
effective date, with report of committee recommending passage,
was taken up for consideration.
Blodgett of Cerro Gordo moved that the bill be read a last time
now and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the
bill was read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 41)
The ayes were, 96:
Arnold Baker Bell Blodgett
Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brammer
Brand Branstad Brauns Brunkhorst
Burnett Carroll Cataldo Churchill
Cohoon Coon Cormack
Cornelius Daggett Dinkla Disney
Doderer Drake Drees Eddie
Ertl Fallon Garman Gipp
Greig Greiner Gries Grubbs
Grundberg Hahn Halvorson Hammitt
Hanson Harper Harrison Heaton
Holveck Houser Hurley Huseman
Jacobs Jochum Klemme Koenigs
Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin
Lord Main Martin Mascher
May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage
Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers
Nelson, B. Nelson, L. Nutt O'Brien
Ollie Rants Renken Running
Salton Schrader Schulte Shoultz
Siegrist Sukup Teig Thomson
Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef
Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel
Welter Wise Witt Mr. Speaker
Corbett
The nays were, 0:
Absent or not voting, 4:
Bernau Connors Larson McCoy
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 54, a bill for an act relating to the qualifications
of an applicant for a license to sell real estate in this state,
with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for
consideration.
Disney of Polk moved that the bill be read a last time now and
placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was
read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 54)
The ayes were, 93:
Arnold Baker Bell Blodgett
Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand
Branstad Brauns Brunkhorst Burnett
Carroll Cataldo Churchill Cohoon
Coon Cormack Cornelius Daggett
Dinkla Disney Drake Drees
Eddie Ertl Garman Gipp
Greig Greiner Gries Grubbs
Grundberg Hahn Halvorson Hammitt
Hanson Harper Harrison Heaton
Holveck Houser Hurley Huseman
Jacobs Jochum Klemme Koenigs
Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin
Larson Lord Main Martin Mascher
May McCoy Mertz Metcalf
Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie
Murphy Myers Nelson, B. Nelson, L.
Nutt Ollie Rants Renken
Running Salton Schrader Schulte
Siegrist Sukup Teig Thomson
Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef
Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel
Welter Wise Witt Mr. Speaker
Corbett
The nays were, 5:
Brammer Doderer Fallon O'Brien
Shoultz
Absent or not voting, 2:
Bernau Connors
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 94, a bill for an act to permit certain dissolutions
of marriage to take place without a hearing, was taken up for
consideration.
Kreiman of Davis offered the following amendment H-3011 filed by
him and moved its adoption:
H-3011
1 Amend House File 94 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 13, by striking the words "if all
3 of the following conditions have been met" and
4 inserting the following: "under either of the
5 following circumstances".
6 2. Page 1, by inserting after line 13 the
7 following:
8 "a. All of the following circumstances have been
9 met:"
10 3. Page 1, line 14, by striking the letter "a."
11 and inserting the following: "(1)".
12 4. Page 1, line 19, by striking the letter "b."
13 and inserting the following: "(2)".
14 5. Page 1, line 21, by striking the letter "c."
15 and inserting the following: "(3)".
16 6. Page 1, by inserting after line 23 the
17 following:
18 "b. The respondent has not entered a general or
19 special appearance or filed a motion or pleading in
20 the case, the waiting period provided under section
21 598.19 has expired, and all of the following
22 circumstances have been met:
23 (1) The petitioner has certified in writing that
24 there has been a breakdown of the marriage
25 relationship to the extent that the legitimate objects
26 of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no
27 reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be pre-
28 served.
29 (2) All documents required by the court and by
30 statute have been filed."
Amendment H-3011 was adopted.
Dinkla of Guthrie moved that the bill be read a last time now
and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill
was read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 94)
The ayes were, 95:
Arnold Baker Bell Blodgett
Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brammer
Brand Brauns Burnett Carroll
Cataldo Churchill Cohoon Coon
Cormack Cornelius Daggett Dinkla
Disney Doderer Drake Drees
Eddie Ertl Fallon Garman
Gipp Greig Greiner Gries
Grubbs Grundberg Hahn Halvorson
Hammitt Harper Harrison Heaton
Holveck Houser Hurley Huseman
Jacobs Jochum Klemme Koenigs
Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin
Larson Lord Main Martin Mascher
May McCoy Mertz Metcalf
Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie
Murphy Myers Nelson, B. Nelson, L.
Nutt O'Brien Ollie Rants
Renken Running Salton Schrader
Schulte Shoultz Siegrist Sukup
Teig Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen
Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt
Weidman Weigel Welter Wise
Witt Mr. Speaker
Corbett
The nays were, 3:
Branstad Brunkhorst Hanson
Absent or not voting, 2:
Bernau Connors
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House was recessed
at 9:35 a.m., until 1:00 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 1:02 p.m., Millage of Scott in the chair.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 142, by Running, a bill for an act providing for the
composition of the board of cosmetology arts and sciences
examiners.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 143, by Running, a bill for an act relating to the
basis for admission and care of residents in nursing facilities
and providing penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 144, by Running, a bill for an act relating to
nursing facility admissions and the source of payment of the
cost of care of residents, and providing penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 145, by Running, a bill for an act relating to the
access to nursing facility waiting lists by applicants for
admission to a nursing facility and their immediate family
members, and providing penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 146, by Coon, a bill for an act relating to the
disapproval of an involuntary annexation proposal by referendum.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 147, by Doderer, a bill for an act to establish a
registry of sex offenders and providing civil and criminal
penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
The following message was received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that
the Senate has on February 7, 1995, passed the following bill in
which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 60, a bill for an act relating to establishing a
linked investment program for speculative building development.
JOHN F. DWYER, Secretary
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Fallon of Polk presented to the House K. R. Sinha, Consul
General of India. Mr. Sinha, of Calcutta, is presently stationed
in Chicago, Illinois and is in Des Moines to discuss a Trade
Symposium with state officials. He addressed the House briefly.
The House rose and expressed its welcome.
HOUSE FILE 134 REREFERRED
The Speaker announced that House File 134, previously referred
to committee on state government, was rereferred to committee on
judiciary.
MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER
(House File 54)
I move to reconsider the vote by which House File 54 passed the
House on February 7, 1995.
DISNEY of Polk
(House File 54)
I move to reconsider the vote by which House File 54 passed the
House on February 7, 1995.
MORELAND of Wapello
SPONSOR ADDED
(House File 130)
Mascher of Johnson requested to be added as a sponsor of House
File 130.
EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on February 7,
1995. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House
File 41.
LARSON of Linn
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present
in the House chamber:
Twenty Junior and Senior students from Briar Cliff College,
Sioux City, Iowa. By Klemme of Plymouth.
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED
The following communications were received and filed in the
office of the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
The 1994 Annual Report Professional Licensure, pursuant to
Chapter 272C.4(2)(b), Code of Iowa.
The Annual Report July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1994 on the
Certificate of Need (CON) Program, pursuant to Chapter 135.77,
Code of Iowa.
The Report of the Center for Rural Health and Primary Care,
pursuant to Chapter 1168, 1994 Acts of the Seventy-fourth
General Assembly.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND FINANCE
Lottery Division
Independent Auditor's Reports Financial Statement and
Supplemental Information.
CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that certificates of recognition have been issued as follows.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
1995\38 Kaitlyn Bean, Albert City - For being named the 1995
Iowa Pork Princess.
1995\39 Scott Thompson, Jesup - For attaining the rank of Eagle
Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Joint Resolution 4
Ways and Means: Larson, Chair; Doderer, Nutt, Shoultz and Van
Fossen.
House File 108
Ways and Means: Drake, Chair; Jochum and Van Fossen.
House File 122
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Harper, Myers, Schulte and
Veenstra.
House File 129
Ways and Means: Halvorson, Chair; Bernau, Dinkla, Greig and
Myers.
House File 130
Judiciary: Schulte, Chair; Boddicker and Moreland.
House File 135
Judiciary: Hurley, Chair; Greiner and Kreiman.
House File 136
Ways and Means: Drake, Chair; Jochum and Van Fossen.
House File 137
Environmental Protection: Gipp, Chair; Drake and Shoultz.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 83
State Government: Thomson, Chair; Cataldo and Tyrrell.
House Study Bill 84
Environmental Protection: Drake, Chair; Gries and Shoultz.
House Study Bill 86
Judiciary: Greiner, Chair; Bernau and Schulte.
House Study Bill 87
Judiciary: Veenstra, Chair; Coon and Shoultz.
House Study Bill 89
Judiciary: Lamberti, Chair; Brammer and Hurley.
House Study Bill 91
Judiciary: Dinkla, Chair; Kreiman and Kremer.
House Study Bill 92
Judiciary: Harrison, Chair; Dinkla and Shoultz.
House Study Bill 93
Judiciary: Boddicker, Chair; Bell and Greiner.
House Study Bill 96
Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Brand, Fallon, Harrison and
Hurley.
House Study Bill 97
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Burnett and Hurley.
House Study Bill 98
Human Resources: Ertl, Chair; Brand and Salton.
House Study Bill 99
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Harper, Myers, Schulte and
Veenstra.
House Study Bill 100
Human Resources: Harrison, Chair; Fallon, Hammitt, Hurley and
Moreland.
House Study Bill 101
Human Resources: Salton, Chair; Burnett, Lord, Murphy and
Veenstra.
House Study Bill 102
Human Resources: Salton, Chair; Burnett, Lord, Murphy and
Veenstra.
House Study Bill 103
Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Hammitt, Lord, Myers and Witt.
House Study Bill 104
Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Hammitt, Lord, Myers and Witt.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 50.1 (Revised) Agriculture
Providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations,
providing for fees, the expenditure of moneys, and providing for
penalties.
H.S.B. 106 Appropriations
Appropriating federal funds made available from federal block
grants and other federal grants, allocating portions of federal
block grants, and providing procedures if federal funds are more
or less than anticipated or if federal block grants are more or
less than anticipated or if categorical grants are consolidated
into new or existing block grants and providing an effective
date.
H.S.B. 107 Appropriations
Relating to energy conservation including making appropriations
of petroleum overcharge funds.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that the following committee recommendation has been received
and is on file in the office of the Chief Clerk.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
House File 36, a bill for an act relating to public water supply
system fees.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 6, 1995.
RESOLUTIONS FILED
HR 5, by committee on natural resources, providing special
recognition and support to the seventy-fifth anniversary of
Iowa's state parks system and urging all citizens and leaders in
government, academia, and business to give special recognition
to the many and varied services our state parks have given for
three-quarters of a century.
Laid over under Rule 25.
HR 6, by committee on ethics, to amend the rules governing
lobbyists in the House of Representatives.
Placed on the calendar.
SCR 11, by committee on transportation, declaring support for
Amtrak.
Referred to committee on transportation.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-3033 S.F. 32 Hammitt of Harrison
H-3034 S.F. 13 Harper of Black Hawk
H-3035 S.F. 13 Boddicker of Cedar
H-3036 H.F. 133 Koenigs of Mitchell
H-3037 S.F. 13 Connors of Polk
McCoy of Polk
Halvorson of Clayton
Ollie of Clinton
H-3038 S.F. 13 Connors of Polk
McCoy of Polk
Ollie of Clinton
Halvorson of Clayton
H-3039 H.F. 132 Millage of Scott
H-3040 S.F. 13 Kreiman of Davis
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at
1:16 p.m. until 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, February 8, 1995.
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