House Journal: Monday, March 6, 1995

Fifty-seventh Calendar Day - Thirty-seventh Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, March 6, 1995
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 1:00 p.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend David Grindberg, St. Mark
Lutheran Church, Storm Lake.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was signed by Rachel Van Fossen of
Brownie Troop 1232,  McKinley School, Scott County. She is the 
daughter of Representative Jamie Van Fossen. The following
Brownies also assisted by saying the Pledge of Allegiance:
Jessica Belman, Laura Fierce, Liz Hagen, Nora Moriarty, Keli
Neal, Kelly Petersen, Jessica Walker, Jill Wicks, Bethany Wiese
and Liz Zimmerman.
The Journal of Friday, March 3, 1995 was approved.
PETITION FILED
The following petition was received and placed on file:
By Gipp of Winneshiek from two hundred forty-four constituents,
favoring the issuance of driver's licenses, in rural Iowa, by
the County Treasurer's office.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 259, by Warnstadt, a bill for an act fixing a
compensatory penalty for failure to enact a statute establishing
the state percent of growth for a budget year within thirty days
of the submission in the base year of the governor's budget.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 260, by Martin, Harrison, and Van Fossen, a bill for
an act relating to competitive bidding for public improvements.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 261, by Martin, a bill for an act relating to custody
and visitation of a child designated a child in need of
assistance.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 1 and
2, 1995. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House
Files 149, 161, 179, 189, Senate File 114 and Senate Joint
Resolution 6.
MORELAND of Wapello
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
The following communication was received and filed in the office
of the Chief Clerk:
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
The Incident-Based Iowa Uniform Crime Reports, pursuant to
Chapter 692.15, Code of Iowa. 
 SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 208
Transportation: Branstad, Chair; Blodgett and Warnstadt.
House File 221
Transportation: Salton, Chair; Ollie and Weidman.
House File 224
State Government: Tyrrell, Chair; Thomson and Witt.
House File 228
Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Hammitt, Lord, Myers and Witt.
House File 230
Economic Development: Heaton, Chair; Cornelius and O'Brien.
House File 237
Transportation: Nelson of Marshall, Chair; Branstad and
Warnstadt.
House File 238
Commerce-Regulation: Dinkla, Chair; Halvorson and Nelson of
Pottawattamie.
House File 240
State Government: Tyrrell, Chair; Cataldo and Ertl.
House File 242
Transportation: Grundberg, Chair; Koenigs and Main.
Senate File 94
State Government: Disney, Chair; Thomson and Witt.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 159
Economic Development: Teig, Chair; Brand and Nelson of Marshall.
House Study Bill 227
Transportation: Heaton, Chair; Cohoon and Main.
House Study Bill 228
Transportation: Carroll, Chair; Eddie and Mundie.
House Study Bill 230 
Education: Gries, Chair; Hanson, Nelson of Pottawattamie, Rants
and Warnstadt.
House Study Bill 231
Environmental Protection: Teig, Chair; Burnett and Hahn.
House Study Bill 232
Human Resources: Lord, Chair; Myers and Veenstra.
House Study Bill 233
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Harper, Myers, Schulte and
Veenstra.

HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 234 Technology
Relating to the negotiations between the Iowa Telecommunications
and Technology Commission and qualified vendors under the
request for proposals for Part III of the Iowa communications
network.
H.S.B. 235 Ways and Means
Relating to protection of taxpayers' rights by limiting the
growth rate of taxes, revenue, and spending of the state and
local governments and by increasing the people's control over
taxes, revenue, and spending of the state and local governments,
and providing effective and applicability dates.
H.S.B. 236 Judiciary
Authorizing the use of criminal contempt to enforce victim
restitution orders.
H.S.B. 237 Judiciary
Relating to the remedies provided for a dishonored payment
instrument.
H.S.B. 238 Judiciary
Prohibiting an insurance company or agent from marketing or
selling insurance coverage which involves no risk to the insured
person and making penalties applicable.
H.S.B. 239 Judiciary
Relating to the rate of interest charged on judgements and
decrees.
H.S.B. 240 Judiciary
Establishing economic and other penalties for certain criminal
activity.
H.S.B. 241 Economic Development
Relating to economic development by establishing a workforce
development fund, providing for the transfer of certain employer
withholding amounts to the workforce development fund,
establishing a loan loss reserve program, and providing an
employee development grant.
H.S.B. 242 Education
Extending the periods in which a school or school district may
apply to the department of education to waive the requirement
that the school or school district provide an articulated
sequential elementary-secondary guidance program and the
requirement that the school or school district provide a media
services program.
H.S.B. 243 Education
Relating to state aid to school districts by eliminating the
provision that limits the state aid appropriation for the
instructional support program and providing effective and
applicability date provisions.
H.S.B. 244 Education
Relating to the appropriation of additional state aid to school
districts based upon the number of at-risk pupils enrolled in
the school district and providing effective and applicability
date provisions.
H.S.B. 245 Education
Relating to a reduction in aid to a recipient of the family
investment program for continued truancy by a recipient's child
and establishing a penalty for providing aid, support, or
shelter to a runaway or truant, and providing effective date and
conditional effectiveness provisions.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-3225	H.F. 	258	O'Brien of Boone
H-3226	H.J.R.	9	Ertl of Dubuque
H-3227	H.C.R.	19	Schulte of Linn
H-3228	S.C.R.	15	Schulte of Linn
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at
1:20 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Tuesday, March 7, 1995.

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