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FORTY-THIRD CALENDAR DAY
TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION DAY
Senate Chamber
Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, February 20, 1995
The Senate met in regular session at 2:17 p.m., President Boswell
presiding.
Prayer was offered by the Reverend Bill Cotton, pastor of the Grace
United Methodist Church, Des Moines, Iowa.
The Journal of Thursday, February 16, 1995, was approved.
INTRODUCTION OF BILL
Senate File 168, by Hammond, a bill for an act relating to child
abuse and child sexual abuse reporting and increasing a penalty.
Read first time and passed on file.
QUORUM CALL
Senator Horn requested a non record roll call to determine that a
quorum was present.
The vote revealed 41 present, 9 absent and a quorum present.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
Leaves of absence were granted as follows:
Senators Freeman, Kramer and Iverson until they arrive on request
of Senator Rife.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
(Regular Calendar)
Senate File 147
On motion of Senator Banks, Senate File 147, a bill for an act
providing for the issuance of single general permits by the department
of natural resources and providing an effective date, was taken up for
consideration.
Senator Banks moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and the
bill was read the last time.
On the question Shall the bill pass? (S.F. 147) the vote was:
Ayes, 46:
Banks Bartz Bennett Bisignano
Black Boettger Borlaug Boswell
Connolly Dearden Deluhery Douglas
Drake Dvorsky Fink Flynn
Fraise Gettings Giannetto Gronstal
Halvorson Hammond Hansen Hedge
Horn Husak Jensen Judge
Kibbie Lind Lundby Maddox
McKean McLaren Murphy Palmer
Priebe Redfern Rensink Rife
Rittmer Sorensen Szymoniak Tinsman
Vilsack Zieman
Nays, none.
Absent or not voting, 4:
Freeman Iverson Kramer Neuhauser
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.
Senate File 130
On motion of Senator Vilsack, Senate File 130, a bill for an act
relating to limiting the manner in which an order appointing a guardian
or conservator is subject to attack by third parties, with report of
committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration.
Senator Vilsack moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and the
bill was read the last time.
On the question Shall the bill pass? (S.F. 130) the vote was:
Ayes, 48:
Banks Bartz Bennett Bisignano
Black Boettger Borlaug Boswell
Connolly Dearden Deluhery Douglas
Drake Dvorsky Fink Flynn
Fraise Freeman Gettings Giannetto
Gronstal Halvorson Hammond Hansen
Hedge Horn Husak Jensen
Judge Kibbie Lind Lundby
Maddox McKean McLaren Murphy
Neuhauser Palmer Priebe Redfern
Rensink Rife Rittmer Sorensen
Szymoniak Tinsman Vilsack Zieman
Nays, none.
Absent or not voting, 2:
Iverson Kramer
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.
Senator Horn asked and received unanimous consent to take up for
consideration Senate Files 152, 157 and 158.
Senate File 152
On motion of Senator Kibbie, Senate File 152, a bill for an act
relating to the name of those persons who engage in the practice of
podiatry, was taken up for consideration.
Senator Kibbie moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and the
bill was read the last time.
On the question Shall the bill pass? (S.F. 152) the vote was:
Ayes, 48:
Banks Bartz Bennett Bisignano
Black Boettger Borlaug Boswell
Connolly Dearden Deluhery Douglas
Drake Dvorsky Fink Flynn
Fraise Freeman Gettings Giannetto
Gronstal Halvorson Hammond Hansen
Hedge Horn Husak Jensen
Judge Kibbie Lind Lundby
Maddox McKean McLaren Murphy
Neuhauser Palmer Priebe Redfern
Rensink Rife Rittmer Sorensen
Szymoniak Tinsman Vilsack Zieman
Nays, none.
Absent or not voting, 2:
Iverson Kramer
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.
Senate File 157
On motion of Senator Fink, Senate File 157, a bill for an act
relating to solid waste by eliminating the polystyrene ban and providing
an effective date, was taken up for consideration.
Senator Fink moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and the
bill was read the last time.
On the question Shall the bill pass? (S.F. 157) the vote was:
Ayes, 48:
Banks Bartz Bennett Bisignano
Black Boettger Borlaug Boswell
Connolly Dearden Deluhery Douglas
Drake Dvorsky Fink Flynn
Fraise Freeman Gettings Giannetto
Gronstal Halvorson Hammond Hansen
Hedge Horn Husak Jensen
Judge Kibbie Lind Lundby
Maddox McKean McLaren Murphy
Neuhauser Palmer Priebe Redfern
Rensink Rife Rittmer Sorensen
Szymoniak Tinsman Vilsack Zieman
Nays, none.
Absent or not voting, 2:
Iverson Kramer
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.
Senate File 158
On motion of Senator Gettings, Senate File 158, a bill for an act
to provide conformity to the definition of travel trailers, was taken up
for consideration.
Senator Gettings moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and the
bill was read the last time.
On the question Shall the bill pass? (S.F. 158) the vote was:
Ayes, 48:
Banks Bartz Bennett Bisignano
Black Boettger Borlaug Boswell
Connolly Dearden Deluhery Douglas
Drake Dvorsky Fink Flynn
Fraise Freeman Gettings Giannetto
Gronstal Halvorson Hammond Hansen
Hedge Horn Husak Jensen
Judge Kibbie Lind Lundby
Maddox McKean McLaren Murphy
Neuhauser Palmer Priebe Redfern
Rensink Rife Rittmer Sorensen
Szymoniak Tinsman Vilsack Zieman
Nays, none.
Absent or not voting, 2:
Iverson Kramer
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATELY MESSAGED
Senator Horn asked and received unanimous consent that Senate Files
147, 130, 152, 157 and 158 be immediately messaged to the House.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
(Regular Calendar)
Senate File 118
On motion of Senator Szymoniak, Senate File 118, a bill for an act
relating to the development and implementation of a coordinated
statewide trauma care delivery system and providing penalties and
immunity from liability, was taken up for consideration.
Senator Vilsack offered amendment S-3062 filed by him on February
16, 1995, to page 7 of the bill and moved its adoption.
Amendment S-3062 was adopted by a voice vote.
With the adoption of amendment S-3062, amendment S-3063 filed by
Senator Szymoniak on February 16, 1995, to page 7 of the bill, was ruled
out of order.
The Chair announced that action on Senate File 118 was deferred.
Senate File 116
On motion of Senator Neuhauser, Senate File 116, a bill for an act
authorizing certain persons to access dependent adult abuse information,
was taken up for consideration.
Senator Neuhauser moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and the
bill was read the last time.
On the question Shall the bill pass? (S.F. 116) the vote was:
Ayes, 48:
Banks Bartz Bennett Bisignano
Black Boettger Borlaug Boswell
Connolly Dearden Deluhery Douglas
Drake Dvorsky Fink Flynn
Fraise Freeman Gettings Giannetto
Gronstal Halvorson Hammond Hedge
Horn Husak Jensen Judge
Kibbie Kramer Lind Lundby
Maddox McKean McLaren Murphy
Neuhauser Palmer Priebe Redfern
Rensink Rife Rittmer Sorensen
Szymoniak Tinsman Vilsack Zieman
Nays, none.
Absent or not voting, 2:
Hansen Iverson
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.
CONSIDERATION OF BILL
(Ways and Means Calendar)
Senate File 2
On motion of Senator Vilsack, Senate File 2, a bill for an act
relating to the filing of claims for credit or refund by retired federal
employees as a result of the unconstitutional taxation of federal
pensions under the state individual income tax, with report of committee
recommending amendment and passage, was taken up for consideration.
Senator Vilsack offered amendment S-3024 filed by the committee on
Ways and Means on January 31, 1995, to page 1 of the bill and moved its
adoption.
A record roll call was requested.
On the question Shall amendment S-3024 be adopted? (S.F. 2) the
vote was:
Ayes, 16:
Bisignano Dearden Drake Dvorsky
Fink Fraise Giannetto Horn
Husak Judge Murphy Neuhauser
Palmer Priebe Szymoniak Vilsack
Nays, 33:
Banks Bartz Bennett Black
Boettger Borlaug Boswell Connolly
Deluhery Douglas Flynn Freeman
Gettings Gronstal Halvorson Hammond
Hansen Hedge Jensen Kibbie
Kramer Lind Lundby Maddox
McKean McLaren Redfern Rensink
Rife Rittmer Sorensen Tinsman
Zieman
Absent or not voting, 1:
Iverson
Amendment S-3024 lost.
Senator Vilsack moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and the
bill was read the last time.
On the question Shall the bill pass? (S.F. 2) the vote was:
Ayes, 48:
Banks Bartz Bennett Bisignano
Black Boettger Borlaug Boswell
Connolly Dearden Deluhery Douglas
Drake Dvorsky Fink Flynn
Fraise Freeman Gettings Giannetto
Gronstal Halvorson Hammond Hansen
Horn Husak Jensen Judge
Kibbie Kramer Lind Lundby
Maddox McKean McLaren Murphy
Neuhauser Palmer Priebe Redfern
Rensink Rife Rittmer Sorensen
Szymoniak Tinsman Vilsack Zieman
Nays, 1:
Hedge
Absent or not voting, 1:
Iverson
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.
BUSINESS PENDING
Senate File 118
The Senate resumed consideration of Senate File 118, a bill for an
act relating to the development and implementation of a coordinated
statewide trauma care delivery system and providing penalties and
immunity from liability, previously deferred.
Senator Hansen offered amendment S-3053 filed by him on February 9,
1995, to page 3 of the bill.
Senator Hansen offered amendment S-3066 filed by him from the floor
to amendment S-3053 and moved its adoption.
Amendment S-3066 was adopted by a voice vote.
Senator Hansen moved the adoption of amendment S-3053 as amended,
which motion prevailed by a voice vote.
Senator Bartz offered amendment S-3065 filed by him from the floor
to page 4 of the bill and moved its adoption.
Amendment S-3065 was adopted by a voice vote.
Senator Szymoniak offered amendment S-3067 filed by her from the
floor to pages 4 and 6 of the bill and called for a division: lines 2-4
as division S-3067A and lines 5-7 as division S-3067B.
With the adoption of amendment S-3065, division S-3067A was ruled
out of order.
Senator Szymoniak moved the adoption of division S-3067B, which
motion prevailed by a voice vote.
Senator Szymoniak moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and the
bill was read the last time.
On the question Shall the bill pass? (S.F. 118) the vote was:
Ayes, 37:
Bartz Bisignano Black Boettger
Boswell Connolly Dearden Deluhery
Drake Dvorsky Fink Flynn
Freeman Gettings Giannetto Gronstal
Hammond Hansen Horn Husak
Judge Kibbie Kramer Lundby
Maddox Murphy Neuhauser Palmer
Priebe Redfern Rife Rittmer
Sorensen Szymoniak Tinsman Vilsack
Zieman
Nays, 11:
Banks Bennett Borlaug Douglas
Halvorson Hedge Jensen Lind
McKean McLaren Rensink
Absent or not voting, 2:
Fraise Iverson
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.
CONSIDERATION OF BILL
(Regular Calendar)
Senator Horn asked and received unanimous consent to take up for
consideration Senate File 155.
Senate File 155
On motion of Senator Dvorsky, Senate File 155, a bill for an act
relating to employment services by eliminating wage credit liability
transfers and allowing all employers relief from charges when an
unemployment compensation overpayment is made and providing an
applicability date, was taken up for consideration.
Senator Dvorsky moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and the
bill was read the last time.
On the question Shall the bill pass? (S.F. 155) the vote was:
Ayes, 48:
Banks Bartz Bennett Bisignano
Black Boettger Borlaug Boswell
Connolly Dearden Deluhery Douglas
Drake Dvorsky Fink Flynn
Freeman Gettings Giannetto Gronstal
Halvorson Hammond Hansen Hedge
Horn Husak Jensen Judge
Kibbie Kramer Lind Lundby
Maddox McKean McLaren Murphy
Neuhauser Palmer Priebe Redfern
Rensink Rife Rittmer Sorensen
Szymoniak Tinsman Vilsack Zieman
Nays, none.
Absent or not voting, 2:
Fraise Iverson
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATELY MESSAGED
Senator Horn asked and received unanimous consent that Senate Files
2, 116, 118 and 155 be immediately messaged to the House.
BILL REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
Senator Horn asked and received unanimous consent that the
following bills be referred from the Regular Calendar to committee:
S.J.R. 9 Agriculture
S.F. 156 Ways and Means
S.F. 160 Ways and Means
APPENDIX
REPORT OF COMMITTEE MEETING
WAYS AND MEANS
Convened: February 16, 1995, 10:05 a.m.
Members Present: Palmer, Chair; Husak, Vice Chair; Bennett, Ranking
Member; Deluhery, Drake, Freeman, Hedge, Iverson, McLaren, Murphy,
Neuhauser, Priebe and Szymoniak.
Members Absent: Connolly (excused) and Vilsack.
Committee Business: Assigned bills to subcommittees; amended and
approved SSB 69.1 as a committee bill; deferred action on Senate File
18.
Adjourned: 10:15 a.m.
BILLS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
Communications were received announcing that on February 17, 1995,
the Governor approved and transmitted to the Secretary of State the
following bills:
SENATE FILE 37 - Relating to the control of emissions from grain
storage facilities, by imposing a moratorium upon the Department of
Natural Resources, providing for the issuance of a single permit, and
providing an effective date.
SENATE FILE 45 - Changing the name of the League of Iowa
Municipalities to the Iowa League of Cities.
ALSO: That on February 20, 1995, the Governor approved and
transmitted to the Secretary of State the following bill:
SENATE FILE 32 - Relating to the inclusion of school nurses and
area education agency professionals in the educational excellence
program and providing effective and retroactive applicability dates.
PETITION
The following petition was presented and placed on file by:
Senator Freeman from thirty-eight residents of Buena Vista County
opposing reinstatement of the death penalty in Iowa.
STUDY BILLS RECEIVED
SSB 159
State Government
Relating to state government personnel systems, training programs,
grievance procedures, experimental research projects, discrimination
investigations, collective bargaining matters, and contracts for
services.
SSB 160
Local Government
Authorizing certain cities to appoint additional members to certain
city commissions.
SSB 161
State Government
Relating to the relationship between a licensed real estate
salesperson or broker and the parties to a transaction and providing an
effective date.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Senate File 101
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Black, Chair; Judge and McKean
Senate File 136
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Fink, Chair; Fraise and Maddox
Senate File 148
STATE GOVERNMENT: Gronstal, Chair; Connolly and Drake
Senate File 154
HUMAN RESOURCES: Szymoniak, Chair; Kramer and Neuhauser
Senate File 164
STATE GOVERNMENT: Gronstal, Chair; Drake and Sorensen
SSB 151
STATE GOVERNMENT: Halvorson, Chair; Giannetto and Lundby
SSB 152
STATE GOVERNMENT: Fink, Chair; Gronstal and McLaren
SSB 153
STATE GOVERNMENT: Kibbie, Chair; Gronstal, Halvorson, Lundby and Rittmer
SSB 154
STATE GOVERNMENT: Kibbie, Chair; Gronstal, Halvorson, Lundby and Rittmer
SSB 155
STATE GOVERNMENT: Gronstal, Chair; Dearden, Drake, Kibbie and Rittmer
SSB 158
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Judge, Chair; Fink and Maddox
SSB 159
STATE GOVERNMENT: Gronstal, Chair; Drake and Sorensen
SSB 160
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Fink, Chair; Judge and Zieman
SSB 161
STATE GOVERNMENT; Halvorson, Chair; Kibbie and Lind
PRESENTATION OF VISITOR
The Chair welcomed the Honorable Richard J. Norpel, Jr., former
member of the House and Senate from Jackson County, Bellevue, Iowa, who
was present in the Senate chamber.
BILLS ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE
President Boswell announced the assignment of the following bills
to committee:
S.F. 165 Judiciary
S.F. 166 State Government
S.F. 168 Human Resources
H.C.R. 20 Rules and Administration
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
Senate File 169, by Lundby, a bill for an act relating to temporary
restricted drivers permits.
Read first time under rule 28 and passed on file.
Senate File 170, by Lundby, a bill for an act relating to
prohibiting a parent from receiving a share of a decedent childs estate
under certain circumstances.
Read first time under rule 28 and passed on file.
AMENDMENTS FILED
S-3065 S.F. 118 Merlin E. Bartz
S-3066 S.F. 118 Steven D. Hansen
S-3067 S.F. 118 Elaine Szymoniak
S-3068 S.F. 53 Tony Bisignano
S-3069 S.F. 150 Merlin E. Bartz
ADJOURNMENT
On motion of Senator Horn, the Senate adjourned at 4:17 p.m., until
9:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 21, 1995.
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