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Sixteenth Calendar Day - Eleventh Session Day Hall of the House of Representatives Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, January 28, 1997 The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:45 a.m., Speaker Corbett in the chair. Prayer was offered by Reverend Dwayne Madsen, Norwalk United Methodist Church, Norwalk. The Journal of Monday, January 27, 1997 was approved. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Leave of absence was granted as follows: Murphy of Dubuque on request of Jochum of Dubuque. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS House File 87, by Doderer and Boddicker, a bill for an act relating to the issuing of temporary orders for support, custody, or visitation of a child born outside of marriage. Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary. House File 88, by Garman, a bill for an act relating to passage of state tax legislation. Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means. House File 89, by Tyrrell, a bill for an act authorizing persons other than veterinarians to implant microchips beneath the skin of animals. Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture. House File 90, by Garman, a bill for an act relating to the offense of operating a watercraft while intoxicated and providing penalties and other related matters. Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary. House File 91, by Grundberg, a bill for an act relating to a sales tax exemption for certain aircraft and providing an effective date. Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means. House File 92, by Brunkhorst, Kremer, and Falck, a bill for an act relating to eligibility for receipt of moneys under the school improvement technology program. Read first time and referred to committee on education. House File 93, by Moreland, a bill for an act providing for the issuance of free deer hunting licenses to owners and tenants of farmland. Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources. House File 94, by Hahn, a bill for an act including sexual offenses committed by a member of a child's immediate family under the child abuse reporting and disposition law. Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary. House File 95, by Millage, Holmes, Martin, Bradley, and Van Fossen, a bill for an act relating to aircraft registration fees. Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means. House File 96, by Moreland and Dotzler, a bill for an act repealing the state inheritance tax and providing for the Act's applicability. Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means. House File 97, by Huser, a bill for an act relating to state reimbursement to local units of government and renters to fund credits granted under the homestead tax credit, military service tax exemption and credit, and the extraordinary low-income elderly and disabled homestead tax credit and reimbursement program and providing an applicability date provision. Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means. On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek, the House was recessed at 8:54 a.m., until 1:00 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION The House reconvened at 1:00 p.m., Speaker Corbett in the chair. QUORUM CALL A non-record roll call was requested to determine that a quorum was present. The vote revealed eighty-three members present, seventeen absent. CONSIDERATION OF BILLS Regular Calendar House Joint Resolution 5, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the equality of rights of men and women under the law, was taken up for consideration. Martin of Scott moved that the joint resolution be read a last time now and placed upon its adoption which motion prevailed and the joint resolution was read a last time. House Joint Resolution 5, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the equality of rights of men and women under the law. Be It Resolved By The General Assembly Of The State Of Iowa: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is proposed. Section 1 of Article I of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, is amended to read as follows: RIGHTS OF PERSONS. Section 1. All men and women are, by nature, free and equal, and have certain inalienable rights - among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. Sec. 2. The foregoing proposed amendment, having been adopted and agreed to by the Seventy-sixth General Assembly, 1995 Session, thereafter duly published, and now adopted and agreed to by the Seventy-seventh General Assembly in this joint resolution, shall be submitted to the people of the State of Iowa at the general election in November of the year nineteen hundred ninety-eight in the manner required by the Constitution of the State of Iowa and the laws of the State of Iowa. On the question "Shall the joint resolution be adopted and agreed to?" (H.J.R. 5) The yeas were, 97: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Ford Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Koenigs Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Brauns Cataldo Murphy The joint resolution having received a constitutional majority was declared to have been adopted and agreed to by the House. IMMEDIATE MESSAGE Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent that House Joint Resolution 5 be immediately messaged to the Senate. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED The following communications were received and filed in the office of the Chief Clerk: DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS Five copies of the Medicare Partners Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1996, pursuant to Chapter 231.24(3), Code of Iowa. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH The Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 135.77, Code of Iowa. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND FINANCE The Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 421.1(5), Code of Iowa. CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports that certificates of recognition have been issued as follows. ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON Chief Clerk of the House 1997\55 Don Shelton, Otho - For being named an Iowa Master Pork Producer. 1997\56 Clara and Harold Petersen, Norwalk - For celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. 1997\57 Micki and Ross Trusler, South English - For their 25 years as licensed foster parents. 1997\58 Tammy Halbur, Manning - For being named the 1997 Iowa Pork Queen. 1997\59 Florence Tank, Davenport - For celebrating her 100th birthday. 1997\60 Ruth Baker, Davenport - For celebrating her 100th birthday. SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS House File 3 Human Resources: Lord, Chair; Foege and Vande Hoef. House File 58 Labor and Industrial Relations: Barry, Chair; Dotzler and Metcalf. House File 59 Labor and Industrial Relations: Sukup, Chair; Boddicker and O'Brien. House File 71 Local Government: Klemme, Chair; Arnold and Richardson. House File 72 Commerce-Regulation: Dinkla, Chair; Chiodo and Hansen. House File 73 Labor and Industrial Relations: Kremer, Chair; Dix and Murphy. House File 74 Natural Resources: Cormack, Chair; Bell and Rayhons. House File 77 Judiciary: Boddicker, Chair; Larson and Shoultz. House File 78 Judiciary: Veenstra, Chair; Bernau and Greiner. House File 81 Natural Resources: Eddie, Chair; Hahn and O'Brien. House File 82 Commerce-Regulation: Dinkla, Chair; Cataldo and Van Fossen. House File 83 Judiciary: Larson, Chair; Bell and Garman. House File 84 Ways and Means: Jenkins, Chair; Lamberti and Larkin. House File 88 Ways and Means: Blodgett, Chair; Jochum and Rants. House File 91 Ways and Means: Jenkins, Chair; Doderer and Van Fossen. House File 92 Education: Brunkhorst, Chair; Falck and Thomson. House File 93 Natural Resources: Huseman, Chair; Mundie and Weidman. House File 95 Ways and Means: Van Fossen, Chair; Doderer and Jenkins. House File 96 Ways and Means: Blodgett, Chair; Dix and Doderer. House File 97 Ways and Means: Greig, Chair; Myers and Teig. HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS House Study Bill 9 Local Government: Klemme, Chair; Huser and Weidman. House Study Bill 10 Labor and Industrial Relations: Boddicker, Chair; Dix and Falck. House Study Bill 11 Labor and Industrial Relations: Metcalf, Chair; Barry and O'Brien. House Study Bill 12 Labor and Industrial Relations: Millage, Chair; Sukup and Taylor. House Study Bill 14 Labor and Industrial Relations: Boddicker, Chair; Dotzler and Sukup. House Study Bill 15 Judiciary: Churchill, Chair; Millage and Moreland. House Study Bill 17 Labor and Industrial Relations: Veenstra, Chair; Bell and Holmes. House Study Bill 18 Natural Resources: Arnold, Chair; Brauns and Frevert. House Study Bill 19 Local Government: Carroll, Chair; Fallon and Huseman. House Study Bill 20 Local Government: Welter, Chair; Brauns and Whitead. House Study Bill 21 Local Government: Dix, Chair; Huseman and Myers. House Study Bill 22 Local Government: Arnold, Chair; Reynolds-Knight and Van Maanen. House Study Bill 23 Judiciary: Kreiman, Chair; Holveck and Sukup. House Study Bill 24 Environmental Protection: Van Fossen, Chair; Shoultz and Teig. HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS H.S.B. 25 Appropriations Appropriating federal block grant funds and amending appropriations from the general fund of the state to the department of human services for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and providing an effective date. H.S.B. 26 Ways and Means Updating the Iowa Code references to the Internal Revenue Code and providing a retroactive applicability date and an effective date. H.S.B. 27 Appropriations Relating to the establishment of the drinking water facilities financing program, the drinking water treatment revolving loan fund, and the drinking water facilities administration fund. H.S.B. 28 Ways and Means Relating to the administration of state individual income, corporate, franchise, motor fuel, and other taxes; property taxes, property tax credits and replacement claims; sales, services, and use taxes; tax refund setoffs; and other duties of the department and director of revenue and finance; providing a penalty; and providing a retroactive applicability date provision. H.S.B. 29 State Government Relating to formation, fundraising, and expenditure activities by political committees, and providing sanctions. H.S.B. 30 State Government Amending campaign finance disclosure laws, including to allow expressly for donations from collections at social functions, to specify who must sign reports filed with the ethics and campaign disclosure board, to make yard sign regulations apply to special elections, to permit transfers of funds to nonparty political organizations, to allow the ethics and campaign disclosure board to establish fees for use of a computerized database, and to make other technical and editorial revisions. H.S.B. 31 State Government Relating to gambling, by imposing a moratorium on new licenses to conduct gambling on excursion gambling boats, and by imposing a scheduled fine for gambling by persons under twenty-one years of age. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports that the following committee recommendation has been received and is on file in the office of the Chief Clerk. ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON Chief Clerk of the House COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION House File 31, a bill for an act relating to the registration fee for ex-prisoner of war motor vehicle plates and providing effective and retroactive applicability dates. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass January 28, 1997. On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at 1:28 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, January 29, 1997.
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