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House Journal: Page 1614: Tuesday, April 14, 1998

 6   general assembly that the changes in this Act are to
 7   provide that an employer shall not have to pay
 8   workers' compensation benefits for occupational
 9   hearing loss to an employee for hearing loss that is
10   nonoccupational."
11     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-8635 lost.
Taylor of Linn offered the following amendment H-9154 filed by
him from the floor and moved its adoption:

H-9154

 1     Amend Senate File 2333, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 5, by inserting after line 29 the
 4   following:
 5     "Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  85B.16  ADEQUATE HEARING
 6   PROTECTION - APPLICABILITY.
 7     An employer subject to liability under this chapter
 8   shall provide each employee of the employer who is an
 9   employee as of July 1, 1998, and each employee hired
10   by the employer on or after July 1, 1998, with safe
11   and adequate hearing protection based on the
12   employee's job position.  This Act shall not apply to
13   an employee of an employer if the employer has not
14   provided the employee with safe and adequate hearing
15   protection as required by this section."
16     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-9154 lost.
Dotzler of Black Hawk asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendments H-9163 and H-9165, filed by him from the
floor.
Murphy of Dubuque offered the following amendment H-9145 filed
by him and Dotzler of Black Hawk from the floor and moved its
adoption:

H-9145

 1     Amend Senate File 2333, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, line 25, by striking the words "five
 4   hundred,".
 5     2.  Page 2, line 29, by striking the words "four
 6   frequencies, five hundred," and inserting the
 7   following:  "three frequencies,".
 8     3.  Page 2, line 31, by striking the word "four"
 9   and inserting the following:  "three".

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