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TWENTY-FOURTH CALENDAR DAY
FIFTEENTH SESSION DAY
Senate Chamber
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, February 1, 1995
The Senate met in regular session at 9:03 a.m., President Boswell
presiding.
Prayer was offered by the Reverend Dave Boucherd, pastor of the
Church of Christ, Rising Sun, Iowa.
The Journal of Tuesday, January 31, 1995, was approved.
INTRODUCTION OF BILL
Senate File 85, by committee on Agriculture, a bill for an act
providing for the regulation of domestic deer and making penalties
applicable.
Read first time and placed on calendar.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
Leaves of absence were granted as follows:
Senators Neuhauser and Judge until they arrive on request of
Senator Horn.
QUORUM CALL
Senator Horn requested a non record roll call to determine that a
quorum was present.
The vote revealed 48 present, 2 absent and a quorum present.
BILL REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
Senator Horn asked and received unanimous consent that Senate File
84 be referred from the Regular Calendar to the committee on Commerce.
APPENDIX
REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATION
Convened: January 31, 1995, 3:10 p.m.
Members Present: Judge, Chair; Sorensen, Vice Chair; Bartz, Ranking
Member and Lundby.
Members Absent: Horn.
Committee Business: Presentation by the department of management.
Adjourned: 4:00 p.m.
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Convened: January 31, 1995, 3:10 p.m.
Members Present: Vilsack, Chair; Borlaug, Ranking Member; Hansen and
Zieman.
Members Absent: Bisignano, Vice Chair (excused).
Committee Business: Presentation by community and rural development
division of the department of economic development.
Adjourned: 4:45 p.m.
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Convened: January 31, 1995, 3:20 p.m.
Members Present: Kibbie, Chair; Connolly, Vice Chair; Kramer, Ranking
Member; Fink and Freeman.
Members Absent: none.
Committee Business: Presentation by the director of the department of
education.
Adjourned: 4:52 p.m.
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Convened: January 31, 1995, 3:15 p.m.
Members Present: Flynn, Chair; Rensink, Ranking Member; Boettger and
Dearden.
Members Absent: Giannetto, Vice Chair (excused).
Committee Business: Budget presentations by the department for the
blind, Iowa civil rights committee and department of public health.
Adjourned: 4:07 p.m.
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
Convened: January 31, 1995, 3:17 p.m.
Members Present: Hammond, Chair; Szymoniak, Vice Chair; Tinsman, Ranking
Member; Deluhery and Rittmer.
Members Absent: none.
Committee Business: Presentation by the division of fiscal management
and field operations of the department of human services.
Adjourned: 5:06 p.m.
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM
Convened: January 31, 1995, 3:06 p.m
Members Present: Neuhauser, Chair; Gronstal, Vice Chair; McLaren,
Ranking Member and Maddox.
Members Absent: Boswell (excused).
Committee Business: Presentation by David Fisher.
Adjourned: 4:25 p.m.
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND
CAPITALS
Convened: January 31, 1995, 3:05 p.m.
Members Present: Halvorson, Chair; Douglas, Ranking Member and Jensen.
Members Absent: Palmer, Vice Chair and Murphy (both excused).
Committee Business: Overview by the department of human services on the
X-PERT automated systems.
Adjourned: 3:55 p.m.
AGRICULTURE
Convened: January 31, 1995, 8:03 a.m.
Members Present: Priebe, Chair; Judge, Vice Chair; Bartz, Ranking
Member; Banks, Black, Boswell, Douglas, Fraise, Giannetto, Hedge, Husak,
McLaren, Sorensen and Zieman.
Members Absent: Palmer (excused).
Committee Business: Approved SSB 14 as a committee bill.
Adjourned: 8:17 a.m.
COMMERCE
Convened: January 31, 1995, 2:19 p.m.
Members Present: Deluhery, Chair; Hansen, Vice Chair; Jensen, Ranking
Member; Bisignano, Douglas, Flynn, Freeman, Gettings, Gronstal, Hedge,
Husak, Lundy, Palmer, Priebe and Redfern.
Members Absent: none.
Committee Business: Assigned bills to subcommittees; presentation by the
commissioner of insurance.
Adjourned: 2:58 p.m.
EDUCATION
Convened: January 31, 1995, 1:34 p.m.
Members Present: Connolly, Chair; Kibbie, Vice Chair; Redfern, Ranking
Member; Deluhery, Dvorsky, Fink, Hammond, Iverson, Lind, Murphy,
Neuhauser, Rensink, Szymoniak and Tinsman.
Members Absent: Kramer (excused).
Committee Business: Assigned a bill to subcommittee; amended and
approved SSB 45 as a committee bill; presentation on alternative
education centers.
Adjourned: 2:16 p.m.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Convened: January 31, 1995, 11:07 a.m.
Members Present: Szymoniak, Chair; Hammond, Vice Chair; Boettger,
Ranking Member; Bartz, Dvorsky, Hansen, Neuhauser, Tinsman and Vilsack.
Members Absent: Kramer (excused).
Committee Business: Amended and approved SSB 53 as a committee bill and
approved SSB 63 as a committee bill.
Adjourned: 12:02 p.m.
STATE GOVERNMENT
Convened: January 31, 1995, 11:07 a.m.
Members Present: Gronstal, Chair; Kibbie, Vice Chair; Rittmer, Ranking
Member; Bennett, Bisignano, Connolly, Dearden, Drake, Fink, Giannetto,
Halvorson, Lind, Lundby, McLaren and Sorensen.
Members Absent: none.
Committee Business: Assigned bills to subcommittees; recommended passage
of House Concurrent Resolution 10 as amended; recommended passage of
House File 3 and Senate File 53.
Adjourned: 11:27 a.m.
WAYS AND MEANS
Convened: January 31, 1995, 10:07 a.m.
Members Present: Husak, Vice Chair; Bennett, Ranking Member; Connolly,
Deluhery, Drake, Freeman, Hedge, Iverson, McLaren, Murphy, Neuhauser,
Priebe, Szymoniak and Vilsack.
Members Absent: Palmer, Chair (excused).
Committee Business: Assigned bills to subcommittees; recommended passage
of Senate File 2 as amended; recommended passage of Senate File 19.
Adjourned: 11:12 a.m.
STUDY BILLS RECEIVED
SSB 80
Local Government
Relating to the determination of the annual salary of a deputy
sheriff.
SSB 81
Local Government
Relating to the delegation of authority to an administrative agency
of a cit.
SSB 82
Local Government
Relating to the statewide notification center by providing that the
center i subject to the open meetings and public records law, requiring
certain financal information to be reported, establishing an audit
requirement, and providin a penalty.
SSB 83
Transportation
To provide conformity to the definition of travel trailers.
SSB 84
Education
Relating to bond issuance elections and authorizing a political
subdivision o impose an income surtax to partially fund certain bonds
by providing a propety tax credit, and providing for the Acts
applicability.
SSB 85
Agriculture
To support renovation and capital projects relating to the Iowa
state fairgrunds by providing an appropriation.
SSB 86
Communications & Information Policy
A Concurrent Resolution requesting that the Congress of the United
States direct the Health Care Financing Administration to establish a
national policy no later that July 1, 1995, for Medicare reimbursement
of telemedicine services.
SSB 87
Judiciary
Relating to marriage dissolution actions, including automatic
imposition of emporary restraining orders and filing of grandparent
visitation petitions.
SSB 88
Ways & Means
Creating the motor vehicle lease tax Act and providing
applicability and effctive dates.
SSB 89
Human Resources
Relating to procedures applicable to civil commitment, by providing
that thecounty attorney present evidence in support of an application
for commitment o a chronic substance abuser, by permitting appointment
of the patient advocat from the county of commitment, by extending the
time for appeal from a referes finding, and by deleting language
relating to the appointment of a conservator for mentally ill persons.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Senate File 70
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Fraise, Chair; Fink and Zieman
Senate File 77
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Fink, Chair; Halvorson and Maddox
Senate File 84
COMMERCE: Gronstal, Chair; Bisignano, Freeman, Hansen, Jensen, Palmer
and Redfern
SSB 69.1
WAYS AND MEANS: Priebe, Chair; Husak and McLaren
SSB 74
COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION POLICY: Deluhery, Chair; Flynn and Jensen
SSB 80
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Sorensen, Chair; Judge and Rittmer
SSB 81
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Black, Chair; Fink and Maddox
SSB 82
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Black, Chair; Halvorson and McKean
SSB 83
TRANSPORTATION: Gettings, Chair; Fraise and Jensen
SSB 86
COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION POLICY: Flynn, Chair; Hansen and Redfern
SSB 87
JUDICIARY: McKean, Chair; Giannetto, Neuhauser, Redfern and Vilsack
SSB 88
WAYS AND MEANS: Palmer, Chair; Bennett, Connolly, Freeman and Priebe
SSB 89
HUMAN RESOURCES: Vilsack, Chair; Kramer and Neuhauser
COMMITTEE REPORTS
AGRICULTURE
Final Bill Action: *SENATE FILE 85 (SSB 14), a bill for an act providing
for the regulation of domestic deer and making penalties applicable.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 13: Priebe, Judge, Bartz, Banks, Boswell, Douglas,
Fraise, Giannetto, Hedge, Husak, McLaren, Sorensen and Zieman. Nays, 1:
Black. Absent or not voting, 1: Palmer.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
*Pursuant to Senate Rule 40, the Legislative Service Bureau
reported nonsubstantive changes to the members of the Agriculture
Committee on Senate File 85 and they were attached to the committee
report.
SMALL BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 60, a bill for an act relating to
establishing a linked investment program for speculative building
development.
Recommendation: DO PASS.
Final Vote: Ayes, 13: Hansen, Zieman, Bennett, Boettger, Borlaug, Flynn,
Giannetto, Kibbie, Maddox, McKean, Palmer, Sorensen and Vilsack. Nays,
none. Absent or not voting, 2: Judge and Szymoniak.
Fiscal Note: REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTION
Senate Concurrent Resolution 10, by Banks and Hansen, a concurrent
resolution relating to border city trucking agreements.
Read first time under Rule 28 and passed on file.
INTRODUCTION OF BILL
Senate File 86, by Redfern, Banks, Giannetto, Lind, Maddox, McKean,
and Vilsack, a bill for an act to prohibit assaults upon peace officers
and fire fighters by providing penalties and enhancing penalties for
resisting or obstructing peace officers and fire fighters who are
performing their duties.
Read first time under Rule 28 and passed on file.
AMENDMENT FILED
S-3025 S.C.R. 3 Tony Bisignano
ADJOURNMENT
On motion of Senator Horn, the Senate adjourned at 9:20 a.m., until
9:00 a.m., Thursday, February 2, 1995.
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