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FIFTY-EIGHTH CALENDAR DAY THIRTY-FIFTH SESSION DAY Senate Chamber Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, March 7, 1995 The Senate met in regular session at 9:01 a.m., President Boswell presiding. Prayer was offered by the Reverend Rose Marie Lewis, pastor of the St. Johns Lutheran Church, Mitchell County, Iowa. The Journal of Monday, March 6, 1995, was approved. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Senate File 253, by Bartz, a bill for an act relating to motor vehicle accident reports. Read first time and passed on file. Senate File 254, by Zieman, Rittmer, Borlaug, Sorensen, Freeman, Bartz, Priebe, and McKean, a bill for an act providing that the sheriff may charge for room and board provided to county prisoners and providing for the creation and filing of a room and board reimbursement lien. 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 46 present, 4 absent and a quorum present. The Senate stood at ease at 9:16 a.m. until the fall of the gavel for the purpose of party caucuses. The Senate resumed session at 10:40 a.m., President Boswell presiding. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Senate File 255, by committee on Agriculture, a bill for an act relating to the administration of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, providing for moneys previously appropriated to the department, and providing an effective date. Read first time and placed on calendar. Senate File 256, by committee on Agriculture, a bill for an act providing for notification of the application of pesticides. Read first time and placed on calendar. APPENDIX REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION Convened: March 6, 1995, 3:50 p.m. Members Present: Judge, Chair; Sorensen, Vice Chair and Bartz, Ranking Member. Members Absent: Horn and Lundby (both excused). Committee Business: Discussed budget. Adjourned: 5:25 p.m. SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES Convened: March 6, 1995, 3:40 p.m. Members Present: Black, Chair; Priebe, Vice Chair; Banks, Ranking Member; Bennett and Gettings. Members Absent: none. Committee Business: Reviewed appropriations bill. Adjourned: 5:00 p.m. SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS Convened: March 6, 1995, 3:40 p.m. Members Present: Flynn, Chair; Giannetto, Vice Chair; Rensink, Ranking Member; Boettger and Dearden. Members Absent: none. Committee Business: Presentation by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau on the health and human rights appropriations general fund appropriations, and the proposed House appropriations subcommittee on health and human rights bill. Adjourned: 4:20 p.m. SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES Convened: March 6, 1995, 4:02 p.m. Members Present: Hammond, Chair; Szymoniak, Vice Chair; Tinsman, Ranking Member and Rittmer. Members Absent: Deluhery. Committee Business: Discussed proposed budget bill (LSB 1988). Adjourned: 5:10 p.m. AGRICULTURE Convened: March 6, 1995, 2:15 p.m. Members Present: Priebe, Chair; Judge, Vice Chair; Bartz, Ranking Member; Banks, Black, Boswell, Douglas, Fraise, Giannetto, Hedge, Husak, McLaren, Palmer, Sorensen and Zieman. Members Absent: none. Committee Business: Approved LSBs 2344 and 1955 as committee bills. Adjourned: 2:19 p.m. JUDICIARY Convened: March 6, 1995, 2:35 p.m. Members Present: Giannetto, Chair; Vilsack, Vice Chair; McKean, Ranking Member; Bartz, Bisignano, Boettger, Drake, Fraise, Halvorson, Hammond, Maddox, Neuhauser, Redfern and Szymoniak. Members Absent: Hansen (excused). Committee Business: Approved SSBs 120 and 189 as committee bills. Adjourned: 3:05 p.m. STUDY BILLS RECEIVED SSB 235 State Government Authorizing governmental units to enter into guaranteed energy cost savings contacts. SSB 236 Education Establishing an environmental education program in the state of Iowa and making an appropriation. SSB 237 Education Relating to the establishment of an education technology purchasing pool, an education technology loan program, and providing intent language relating to a mobile unit to instruct elementary and secondary teachers in education technology. SSB 238 Education Relating to state aid to school districts by eliminating the provision that limits the state aid appropriation for the instructional support program and appropriating additional state aid to school districts based upon the number of at-risk pupils enrolled in the school district and based upon the school districts transportation costs per pupil, and providing effective and applicability date provisions. SSB 239 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. SSB 240 Education Relating to child development assistance. SSB 241 Appropriations Relating to the funding of, operation of, and appropriation of moneys to agencies, institutions, commissions, departments, and boards responsible for education and cultural programs of this state, and providing an effective date. SSB 242 Judiciary Establishing economic and other penalties for certain criminal activity. SSB 243 Judiciary Relating to the possession or use of alcohol while operating a motor vehicle by requiring the administrative revocation of driving privileges of persons under the age of twenty-one who operate a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of .02 or more, denying issuance of temporary restricted licenses during the period of revocation, including the revocation under implied consent provisions, providing for civil penalties, excluding the revocation from application of certain motor vehicle financial responsibility requirements, providing for minimum periods of license revocation, providing a scheduled fine for possession of an open alcohol container while operating a motor vehicle, and other related matters. SSB 244 Judiciary Relating to establishing a presumption against joint custody in marriage dissolution proceedings where a finding of domestic abuse is made by the court. SSB 245 Judiciary Relating to prohibiting a polygraph examination of a victim of sexual abuse as a precondition to an investigation by a law enforcement agency. SSB 246 Judiciary Relating to domestic abuse by requiring a mandatory six-month jail sentence for third or subsequent offense domestic abuse assaults and for domestic abusers who are resistive or disruptive to batterers treatment programs, and authorizing the setoff of claims owed to person by a judicial district department of correctional services. SSB 247 Judiciary Relating to limited liability companies. SSB 248 Judiciary Relating to juvenile justice, including providing that certain identifying information regarding juveniles involved in delinquent acts is a public record, exempting certain offenses from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, eliminating the notice required for students before certain locker searches, adding custody and adjudication information regarding juveniles to state criminal history files, establishing a juvenile justice task force, and enhancing or establishing penalties. SSB 249 Judiciary Prohibiting the release of certain forcible felons on parole or work release, and limiting the reduction of sentence for certain forcible felons based upon good conduct. SSB 250 Judiciary Relating to creating the offense of disarming a police officer and establishing penalties. SSB 251 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. SSB 252 Judiciary Creating a statewide protective order registry. SSB 253 Judiciary Relating to procedures regulating reproductive technologies and surrogacy arrangements. SSB 254 Local Government To increase the fee for the transfer of property in county transfer records. SSB 255 Local Government Relating to the tax levy for cemeteries not owned by the township. SSB 256 Transportation Relating to tinted windows and making a penalty applicable. SSB 257 Commerce Relating to modification of electric service areas for city owned and operated electric utilities due to annexation. SSB 258 Commerce Relating to patient access to health care providers authorized to utilize differential diagnosis and physical examinations to determine human ailments. SSB 259 Commerce Relating to the regulation of cemetery operators and the regulation of perpetual care cemeteries and nonperpetual care cemeteries, establishing fees and use of those fees, and providing penalties. SSB 260 Education Relating to school finances by establishing a formula for determining the state percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation program, increasing the regular program district cost guarantee for the school budget year commencing July 1, 1995, making an appropriation, and by transferring Iowa educational excellence program phase III moneys to phase II and providing effective and applicability date provisions. SSB 261 Commerce Relating to the payment of patronage dividends by cooperative associations which are public utilities. SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 APPROPRIATIONS: Boswell, Chair; Judge and Lind Senate Joint Resolution 14 STATE GOVERNMENT: Gronstal, Chair; Halvorson and Lundby Senate Joint Resolution 15 STATE GOVERNMENT: Gronstal, Chair; Drake and Sorensen Senate File 143 WAYS AND MEANS: Priebe, Chair; Freeman and Murphy Senate File 144 WAYS AND MEANS: Priebe, Chair; Husak and McLaren Senate File 172 APPROPRIATIONS: Murphy, Chair; Kibbie and Kramer Senate File 182 EDUCATION: Kibbie, Chair; Fink and Rensink Senate File 200 NATURAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY: Kibbie, Chair; Freeman, Judge, Lundby and Priebe Senate File 209 WAYS AND MEANS: Murphy, Chair; Bennett, Connolly, Drake and Neuhauser Senate File 211 JUDICIARY: Boettger, Chair; Bisignano, Drake, Giannetto and Vilsack Senate File 217 STATE GOVERNMENT: Kibbie, Chair; Gronstal, Halvorson, Lundby and Rittmer Senate File 219 WAYS AND MEANS: Priebe, Chair; Connolly and Drake Senate File 220 LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Sorensen, Chair; Judge and Rittmer Senate File 222 JUDICIARY: Vilsack, Chair; Bartz, Drake, Fraise and Giannetto Senate File 235 JUDICIARY: Vilsack, Chair; Drake, Fraise, Giannetto and Maddox Senate File 238 STATE GOVERNMENT: Gronstal, Chair; Dearden, Drake, Kibbie and Rittmer Senate File 239 JUDICIARY: Vilsack, Chair; Bartz, Giannetto, Hansen and Maddox Senate File 240 JUDICIARY: Fraise, Chair; Drake, Giannetto, McKean and Neuhauser Senate File 241 JUDICIARY: Maddox, Chair; Fraise, Giannetto, McKean and Vilsack Senate File 242 JUDICIARY: Hansen, Chair; Bartz, Giannetto, Redfern and Vilsack Senate File 243 TRANSPORTATION: Rittmer, Chair; Black and Gettings Senate File 244 HUMAN RESOURCES: Szymoniak, Chair; Hammond and Tinsman Senate File 245 COMMERCE: Husak, Chair; Douglas and Flynn Senate File 246 STATE GOVERNMENT: Connolly, Chair; Kibbie and Lind Senate File 250 STATE GOVERNMENT: Connolly, Chair; Kibbie and Lind Senate File 251 STATE GOVERNMENT: Bisignano, Chair; Fink and Lind SSB 208 EDUCATION: Hammond, Chair; Deluhery and Redfern SSB 230 STATE GOVERNMENT: Kibbie, Chair; Gronstal, Halvorson, Lundby and Rittmer SSB 231 STATE GOVERNMENT: Gronstal, Chair; Halvorson and Lundby SSB 232 STATE GOVERNMENT: Giannetto, Chair; Connolly, and Drake SSB 233 HUMAN RESOURCES: Neuhauser, Chair; Bartz and Vilsack SSB 234 STATE GOVERNMENT: Gronstal, Chair; Drake and Sorensen SSB 235 STATE GOVERNMENT: Fink, Chair; Gronstal and Lundby SSB 236 EDUCATION: Fink, Chair; Connolly and Redfern SSB 237 EDUCATION: Dvorsky, Chair; Connolly and Redfern SSB 238 EDUCATION: Connolly, Chair; Lind and Murphy SSB 239 EDUCATION: Murphy, Chair; Deluhery and Rensink SSB 240 EDUCATION: Neuhauser, Chair; Connolly, Hammond, Kramer and Redfern SSB 241 APPROPRIATIONS: Kibbie, Chair; Dvorsky, Kramer, Lind and Murphy SSB 242 JUDICIARY: Giannetto, Chair; Fraise, McKean, Redfern and Vilsack SSB 243 JUDICIARY: McKean, Chair; Fraise, Giannetto, Halvorson and Vilsack SSB 244 JUDICIARY: Neuhauser, Chair; Bartz, Hammond, Maddox and Vilsack SSB 245 JUDICIARY: Hammond, Chair; Boettger, Drake, Giannetto and Vilsack SSB 246 JUDICIARY: Szymoniak, Chair; Bartz, Giannetto, Hammond and Maddox SSB 247 JUDICIARY: Bartz, Chair; Giannetto, Neuhauser, Redfern and Vilsack SSB 248 JUDICIARY: Bisignano, Chair; Bartz, Giannetto, Maddox and Vilsack SSB 249 JUDICIARY: Giannetto, Chair; Fraise, Maddox, McKean and Vilsack SSB 250 JUDICIARY: Fraise, Chair; Boettger, Giannetto, Redfern and Vilsack SSB 251 JUDICIARY: Vilsack, Chair; Boettger, Fraise, Giannetto and Maddox SSB 252 JUDICIARY: Szymoniak, Chair; Bartz, Boettger, Hammond and Neuhauser SSB 253 JUDICIARY: Hammond, Chair; Bartz, Boettger, Giannetto and Neuhauser SSB 254 LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Halvorson, Chair; Black and Maddox SSB 255 LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Sorensen, Chair; Judge and Rittmer SSB 256 TRANSPORTATION: Lind, Chair; Dearden and Gettings SSB 257 COMMERCE: Flynn, Chair; Douglas and Husak SSB 258 COMMERCE: Gronstal, Chair; Bisignano, Freeman, Hansen, Jensen, Palmer and Redfern SSB 259 COMMERCE: Hansen, Chair; Deluhery and Hedge SSB 260 EDUCATION: Connolly, Chair; Kibbie and Redfern SSB 261 COMMERCE: Deluhery, Chair; Douglas and Priebe BILLS ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE President Boswell announced the assignment of the following bills to committee: S.F. 252 Transportation S.F. 253 Transportation S.F. 254 Judiciary COMMITTEE REPORTS AGRICULTURE Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 255 (LSB 1955), a bill for an act relating to the administration of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, providing for moneys previously appropriated to the department, and providing an effective date. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Priebe, Judge, Bartz, Banks, Black, Boswell, Douglas, Fraise, Giannetto, Hedge, Husak, McLaren, Palmer, Sorensen and Zieman. Nays, none. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. ALSO: Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 256 (LSB 2344), a bill for an act providing for notification of pesticides. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Priebe, Judge, Bartz, Banks, Black, Boswell, Douglas, Fraise, Giannetto, Hedge, Husak, McLaren, Palmer, Sorensen and Zieman. Nays, none. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. APPROPRIATIONS Final Bill Action: *SENATE FILE 266 (SSB 241), a bill for an act relating to the funding of, operation of, and appropriation of moneys to agencies, institutions, commissions, departments, and boards responsible for education and cultural programs of this state, and providing an effective date. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Murphy, Boswell, Bisignano, Black, Dvorsky, Flynn, Fraise, Gronstal, Halvorson, Hammond, Husak, Judge, Kibbie, Neuhauser and Vilsack. Nays, 8: Lind, Borlaug, Douglas, Iverson, Kramer, McLaren, Rensink and Tinsman. Absent or not voting, 2: Banks and Bartz. 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 Appropriations Committee on Senate File 266 and they were attached to the committee report. EDUCATION Final Bill Action: SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 13, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa abolishing the perpetual school support fund. Recommendation: DO PASS. Final Vote: Ayes, 13: Connolly, Kibbie, Redfern, Deluhery, Dvorsky, Fink, Hammond, Iverson, Murphy, Neuhauser, Rensink, Szymoniak and Tinsman. Nays, 2: Kramer and Lind. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. HUMAN RESOURCES Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 263 (SSB 184), a bill for an act requiring licensure of hospice programs and providing a penalty. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 10: Szymoniak, Hammond, Boettger, Bartz, Dvorksy, Hansen, Kramer, Neuhauser, Tinsman and Vilsack. Nays, none. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. ALSO: Final Bill Action: *SENATE FILE 264 (SSB 48), a bill for an act requiring protective headgear for bicyclists and creating a penalty. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 7: Szymoniak, Hammond, Boettger, Dvorksy, Kramer, Neuhauser and Tinsman. Nays, 3: Bartz, Hansen and Vilsack. 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 Human Resources Committee on Senate File 264 and they were attached to the committee report. JUDICIARY Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 257 (SSB 189), a bill for an act relating to public access to court records and providing for the Acts applicability. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 8: Giannetto, Vilsack, Bisignano, Fraise, Halvorson, Hammond, Neuhauser and Szymoniak. Nays, 6: McKean, Bartz, Boettger, Drake, Maddox and Redfern. Absent or not voting, 1: Hansen. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. ALSO: Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 258 (SSB 120), a bill for an act relating to the adoption of uniform fees to be charged an attorney for duplicate health care provider records. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 10: Giannetto, Vilsack, Bartz, Bisignano, Drake, Fraise, Halvorson, Hammond, Neuhauser and Szymoniak. Nays, 4: McKean, Boettger, Maddox and Redfern. Absent or not voting, 1: Hansen. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. LOCAL GOVERNMENT Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 194, a bill for an act relating to the use of a perpetual care and maintenance guarantee fund. Recommendation: DO PASS. Final Vote: Ayes, 8: Sorensen, Fink, Maddox, Black, Fraise, Halvorson, Judge and Zieman. Nays, 2: McKean and Rittmer. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. STATE GOVERNMENT Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 259 (SSB 102), a bill for an act relating to the practice of mortuary science, cremation, and licensing of funeral establishments and providing penalties. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 12: Gronstal, Kibbie, Rittmer, Bennett, Bisignano, Dearden, Fink, Giannetto, Halvorson, Lind, Lundby and Sorensen. Nays, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Connolly, Drake and McLaren. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. ALSO: Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 260 (SSB 152), a bill for an act relating to the certification of plumbers and heat, ventilation, and air conditioning professionals, and establishing fees and penalties, and providing for the use of such fees. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 9: Gronstal, Kibbie, Bisignano, Dearden, Fink, Giannetto, Halvorson, Lundby and Sorensen. Nays, 3: Rittmer, Bennett and Lind. Absent or not voting, 3: Connolly, Drake and McLaren. Fiscal Note: REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. ALSO: Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 261 (SSB 170), a bill for an act relating to cost of play and value of prizes of games of skill and games of chance conducted at amusement concessions. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 10: Gronstal, Kibbie, Rittmer, Bisignano, Dearden, Fink, Giannetto, Lind, Lundby and Sorensen. Nays, 2: Bennett and Halvorson. Absent or not voting, 3: Connolly, Drake and McLaren. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Senate File 257, by committee on Judiciary, a bill for an act relating to public access to court records and providing for the Acts applicability. Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar. Senate File 258, by committee on Judiciary, a bill for an act relating to the adoption of uniform fees to be charged an attorney for duplicate health care provider records. Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar. Senate File 259, by committee on State Government, a bill for an act relating to the practice of mortuary science, cremation, and licensing of funeral establishments and providing penalties. Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar. Senate File 260, by committee on State Government, a bill for an act relating to the certification of plumbers and heat, ventilation, and air conditioning professionals, and establishing fees and penalties, and providing for the use of such fees. Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar. Senate File 261, by committee on State Government, a bill for an act relating to cost of play and value of prizes of games of skill and games of chance conducted at amusement concessions. Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar. Senate File 262, by Boswell, a bill for an act relating to establishing county economic development entities and providing tax credits. Read first time under Rule 28 and assigned to the committee on Small Business, Economic Development, and Tourism Senate File 263, by committee on Human Resources, a bill for an act requiring licensure of hospice programs and providing a penalty. Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar. Senate File 264, by committee on Human Resources, a bill for an act requiring protective headgear for bicyclists, creating a bicycle safety fund, providing an effective date, and creating a penalty. Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar. Senate File 265, by Gronstal, Deluhery, Lundby, and Redfern, a bill for an act relating to the electricity purchase or wheeling requirements for alternate energy production and small hydro facilities and providing an effective date. Read first time under Rule 28 and passed on file. Senate File 266, by committee on Appropriations, a bill for an act relating to the funding of, operation of, and appropriation of moneys to agencies, institutions, commissions, departments, and boards responsible for education and cultural programs of this state, and providing an effective date. Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on Appropriations Calendar. AMENDMENTS FILED S-3100 S.F. 233 Mike Connolly Richard F. Drake S-3101 S.F. 140 Steven D. Hansen ADJOURNMENT On motion of Senator Horn, the Senate adjourned at 10:42 a.m., until 9:00 a.m. , Wednesday, March 8, 1995.
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