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House Journal: Page 582: Tuesday, March 10, 1998

Rants 	Rayhons 	Reynolds-Knight 	Richardson 	Scherrman 	Schrader
	Shoultz 	Siegrist 	Sukup 	Taylor	Teig 	Thomas 	Tyrrell 	Van
Fossen 	Van Maanen 	Vande Hoef 	Veenstra 	Warnstadt 	Weidman
	Weigel 	Welter 	Whitead	Wise 	Witt 	Gipp,
  Presiding

The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 7:

Bernau 	Chapman 	Houser 	Kreiman 	Larkin 	Metcalf 	Thomson
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGES
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate:
House Files 2455 and 2527.
House File 2251, a bill for an act relating to public health by
providing for the regulation of body piercing and providing a
penalty, with report of committee recommending passage, was
taken up for consideration.
Witt of Black Hawk offered amendment H-8162 filed by him as
follows:

H-8162

 1     Amend House File 2251 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 35 the
 3   following:
 4     "6.  The provisions of this section shall not apply
 5   to persons who perform body piercing pursuant to a
 6   recognized religious doctrine or cultural practice
 7   upon persons for whom the undergoing of body piercing
 8   has religious or cultural significance.  The
 9   performance of body piercing pursuant to this
10   subsection shall, however, be subject to review by the
11   Iowa department of public health regarding the
12   existence of an asserted religious doctrine or
13   cultural practice, and whether minimum safety and
14   sanitation standards are being observed."
Carroll of Poweshiek offered the following amendment H-8276, to
amendment H-8162, filed by him from the floor and moved its
adoption:

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