House Journal: Monday, February 1, 1999

Twenty-second Calendar Day - Thirteenth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, February 1, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 1:18 p.m., Speaker pro 
tempore Rants in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Rabbi Applebaum of Beth El Jacob 
Synagogue, Des Moines.
The Journal of Thursday, January 28, 1999 was approved.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by pages Kelly Gallagher, Jessica 
Boddicker and Meredith Lorinser.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 171, by Burnett, Mascher, Shoultz, Fallon, 
Parmenter, Ford, Holveck, Doderer, Chapman, and Myers, a bill for 
an act prohibiting discriminatory practices based upon a person's 
sexual orientation.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 172, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
relating to adoption procedural requirements including those related 
to investigations, reports, and counseling.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 173, by Kreiman, a bill for an act relating to the 
granting of visitation rights to a biological parent or grandparent in 
an adoption proceeding.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
CONSIDERATION OF BILL

Regular Calendar
House File 136, a bill for an act relating to the criminal offenses 
that require registration as provided in the sex offender registry law 
and providing an effective date, was taken up for consideration.
Barry of Harrison moved that the bill be read a last time now and 
placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was read 
a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 136)
	The ayes were, 78:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boggess
Bradley	Brauns	Bukta	Carroll
Cataldo	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Corbett, Spkr.	Cormack	Davis	Dix
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drees	Falck
Foege	Frevert	Gipp	Greiner
Hahn	Hansen	Hoffman	Holmes
Holveck	Horbach	Houser	Huseman
Jacobs	Jager	Jenkins	Johnson
Kettering	Klemme	Kreiman	Kuhn
Larkin	Larson	Lord	Mascher
May	Metcalf	Millage	Murphy
Myers	Nelson	Osterhaus	Raecker
Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist	Stevens
Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig
Thomas	Thomson	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Warnstadt	Weigel	Welter	Whitead
Wise	Rants,
		  Presiding
	The nays were, 22:
Boddicker	Brunkhorst	Burnett	Chapman
Doderer	Drake	Eddie	Fallon
Ford	Garman	Grundberg	Heaton
Huser	Jochum	Martin	Mertz
Mundie	O'Brien	Parmenter	Tyrrell
Weidman	Witt	
	Absent or not voting, none.
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 

have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent that 
House File 136 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED
The following communications were received and filed in the office 
of the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
A report to the General Assembly concerning the plastic and recycled content 
products as well as soy-based inks regularly purchased by the Department, pursuant to 
Chapter 216B.3(12)(d), Code of Iowa.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Alcohol Beverage Division
The Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 123, Code of Iowa.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
Third Judicial District
The Intermediate Criminal Sanctions Plan, the Intermediate Sanction Client 
Grievance Process, and, the Order Adopting Intermediate Criminal Sanctions Plan, 
pursuant to Chapter 901B.1, Code of Iowa.
IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY
The Title Guaranty Report, pursuant to Chapter 16.7, Code of Iowa. 
TREASURER OF STATE
The Linked Investments for Tomorrow Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 12.38, 
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
1999\95	Nola and Victor Meinert, Davenport - For celebrating their 60th 

wedding anniversary.
1999\96	John Gilbert, Davenport - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the 
highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1999\97	Mary Woldruff, Clarinda - For celebrating her 100th birthday.
1999\98	Quilla and Hollis Dhone, Prescott - For celebrating their 65th wedding 
anniversary.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 79
Ways and Means: Larson, Chair; Lord and Weigel.
House File 80
Ways and Means: Larson, Chair; Boal and Doderer.
House File 102
Ways and Means: Jenkins, Chair; Doderer and Lord.
House File 110
Ways and Means: Jenkins, Chair; Doderer and Lord.
House File 111
Ways and Means: Van Fossen, Chair; Drake and Myers.
House File 141
Environmental Protection:  Gipp, Chair; Alons and Witt.
House File 151
Environmental Protection:  Gipp, Chair; Alons and Witt.
House File 155
State Government:  Brauns, Chair; Bradley, Cataldo, Chiodo and Davis.
House File 158
State Government:  Jacobs, Chair; Arnold, Cataldo, Davis, Holmes, Jochum and 
Reynolds.
House File 160

Ways and Means: Van Fossen, Chair; Drake and Richardson.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 22
Ways and Means: Rants, Chair; Chapman and Raecker.
House Study Bill 23
Ways and Means: Jenkins, Chair; Boal and Chapman.
House Study Bill 24
Ways and Means: Jager, Chair; Lord and Shoultz.
House Study Bill 25
Ways and Means: Hoffman, Chair; Holmes and Weigel.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 26  State Government
Relating to the office of secretary of state and the conduct of elections 
and voter registration in the state and relating to corrective and 
technical changes to Iowa's election laws.
H.S.B. 27  State Government
Relating to election misconduct and providing criminal penalties.
H.S.B. 28  State Government
Relating to absentee voting and to requirements and prohibitions 
related to  receiving, handling, and delivering absentee ballots.
H.S.B. 29  State Government
Providing for the adoption of administrative rules related to the 
issuance of a license for bail enforcement agents, private 
investigators, and security agents who may not otherwise qualify for 
a license.
H.S.B. 30  State Government

Related to activities of bail enforcement agents that are exempt from 
state licensing requirements.
H.S.B. 31  State Government
Relating to the establishment of the Iowa propane education and 
research council, providing for the development of propane-related 
programs and projects, providing for the levy of an assessment on 
odorized propane, and providing penalties.
H.S.B. 32  State Government
Relating to the establishment of flammability standards for furniture 
and providing a penalty.
H.S.B. 33  State Government
Requiring the installation of automatic sprinkler systems in certain 
new public and nonpublic school building construction.
H.S.B. 34  State Government
Providing for a change in the composition requirement for nurses on 
the Iowa board of nursing examiners.
H.S.B. 35  Judiciary
Relating to crime victim rights.
H.S.B. 36  Judiciary
Relating to open containers in motor vehicles and providing a 
penalty.
H.S.B. 37  Judiciary
Establishing the crime of identity theft, providing for the recovery of 
civil damages, relating to the reporting of identity theft to a consumer 
reporting agency, and providing and applying penalties.
H.S.B. 38  Judiciary

Relating to the fingerprinting of persons or juveniles who have been 
arrested or taken into custody and changing the procedures for the 
collection of a criminal disposition report.
H.S.B. 39  Judiciary
To restrict the posting of bond for the offense of felony stalking.
H.S.B. 40  Judiciary
Establishing the offense of promoting or possessing contraband in 
prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities and establishing penalties.
H.S.B. 41  Human Resources
Relating to child welfare provisions involving foster home damages, 
voluntary foster care placements of children with mental retardation 
or other developmental disability, release of child abuse information, 
and annual group foster care and decategorization plans, and 
providing a contingent effective date.
H.S.B. 42  Appropriations
Relating to energy conservation including making appropriations of 
petroleum overcharge funds.
H.S.B. 43  Human Resources
Relating to health care facility violations and inspections, including 
increasing the amount of a penalty.
H.S.B. 44  Human Resources
Relating to violations of nursing home requirements and including 
penalties for such violations.
H.S.B. 45  Human Resources
Relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, providing 
penalties, and providing for a repeal.
H.S.B. 46  Appropriations

Relating to the administration of the state department of 
transportation by allowing the reversion of operating funds for 
training and technology, making a standing appropriation, revising 
road construction review procedures, and providing for the 
nonreversion of certain railroad funds.
H.S.B. 47  Appropriations
Appropriating federal funds made available from federal block grants 
and other federal grants, allocating portions of federal block grants, 
and providing procedures if federal funds are more or less than 
anticipated or if federal block grants are more or less than 
anticipated.
H.S.B. 48  Appropriations
Relating to and making supplemental and other appropriations for 
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and providing an effective 
date.
H.S.B. 49  Commerce and Regulation
Relating to the exclusion of certain real estate transactions involving 
a power of attorney from state licensure and regulation.
H.S.B. 50  Commerce and Regulation
Relating to the supervisory authority of the state banking division 
with regard to bank holding company acquisitions and the ability of 
state banks to make loans to any one person.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports 
that the following committee recommendations have been received 
and are on file in the office of the Chief Clerk.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 75), expanding the criminal code definition 
of serious injury to include certain injuries to children.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Do Pass January 28, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 1), relating to the taxation of certain 
sales of aircraft under the state sales, services, and use taxes and the local option sales 
and services taxes.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 1, 1999.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-1002	H.F.	168	Carroll of Poweshiek
H-1003	H.F.	168	Huser of Polk
			Carroll of Poweshiek
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie the House adjourned at 
1:56 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Tuesday, February 2, 1999.
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