Senate Journal: Page 550: Wednesday, March 8, 1995

                            FIFTY-NINTH CALENDAR DAY

                            THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION DAY

                                 Senate Chamber

                   Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, March 8, 1995



         The Senate met in regular session at 9:01 a.m., President Boswell
    presiding.

         Prayer was offered by the Reverend Ken Rummer, pastor of the First
    Presbyterian Church, Corning, Iowa.

         The Journal of Tuesday, March 7, 1995, was approved.



                      HOUSE MESSAGE RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED

         The following message was received from the Chief Clerk of the
    House:

         MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the
    House has on March 7, 1995, passed the following bill in which the
    concurrence of the Senate is asked:

         House File 253, a bill for  an act relating to the transfer of
    lottery revenues to the general fund of the state and appropriating
    lottery revenues for purposes of the state fair and county fairs, and
    providing an effective date.

         This bill was read first time and passed on file.



                              INTRODUCTION OF BILL

         Senate File 267, by Giannetto, a bill for  an act relating to drug
    testing of certain employees and prospective employees, and making
    penalties applicable.

         Read first time and passed on file.



                         MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER WITHDRAWN

    House File 2

         Senator Lind withdrew his motion to reconsider House File 2, a bill
    for  an act applying the death penalty or life imprisonment for the
    offense of first degree murder, by establishing circumstances under
    which the death penalty will be applied, by providing a minimum age for
    imposition of a death sentence, by providing for review of death
    sentences, by providing for execution by lethal injection, by amending
    the rules of criminal procedure, and by providing an effective date and
    for the Acts applicability, and amendment S-3089 filed by him on March
    2, 1995, and found on page 528 of the Senate Journal.

         Senator Gronstal withdrew his motion to reconsider by him on House
    File 2, offered and deferred on March 2, 1995.



                                   QUORUM CALL

         Senator Horn requested a non record roll call to determine that a
    quorum was present.

         The vote revealed 45 present, 5 absent and a quorum present.



                                LEAVE OF ABSENCE

         Leave of absence was granted as follows:

         Senator Kramer until she arrives on request of Senator Lind.



                               UNFINISHED BUSINESS

                            (Deferred March 6, 1995)

    Senate File 204

         The Senate resumed consideration of Senate File 204, a bill for an
    act relating to the hours for sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays,
    deferred March 6, 1995.

         Senator Bartz offered amendment S-3099 filed by Senators Bartz, et
    al., on March 6, 1995, to pages 1 and 2 of the bill, moved its adoption
    and requested a record roll call.

         On the question Shall amendment S-3099 be adopted? (S.F. 204) the
    vote was:

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