House Journal: Wednesday, February 17, 1999

Thirty-eighth Calendar Day - Twenty-fourth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, February 17, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:05 a.m., Speaker pro 
tempore Rants in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Sarai Schnucker Beck, Executive Director of 
the Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa. 
The Journal of Tuesday, February 16, 1999 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Van Fossen of Scott on request of Siegrist of Pottawattamie; Tyrrell of Iowa, until 
his arrival, on request of Barry of Harrison. 
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 296, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act to 
restrict the posting of bond for the offense of felony stalking.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 297, by Boddicker, Tyrrell, Klemme, Alons, Gipp, 
Siegrist, Johnson, Boal, Davis, Jager, Barry, Larson, Cormack, 
Weidman, Sunderbruch, Carroll, Eddie, Raecker, and Van Fossen, a 
bill for an act relating to mediation services related to custody, 
visitation, and support of a child.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 298, by Bradley, Van Fossen, and Witt, a bill for an 
act making an appropriation for grants for independent living centers 
for persons with disabilities.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
	House File 299, by Rayhons, a bill for an act relating to 

applications for motor vehicle registration and issuance of certificate 
of title.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 300, by Cormack, a bill for an act relating to residency 
requirements for county, city, and school district elective offices.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 301, by Jenkins, a bill for an act relating to driver's 
license reciprocity with other countries and providing an effective 
date.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 302, by Boggess, a bill for an act providing that a 
county enterprise includes housing for persons who are elderly or 
persons with physical disabilities.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 303, by Grundberg, a bill for an act relating to 
overdue charges owed by a tenant for city utility or enterprise service.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
House File 304, by Doderer and Millage, a bill for an act relating 
to motor vehicle drivers' compliance with orders or directions given by 
peace officers.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 305, by Burnett, Whitead, Jochum, and Doderer, a bill 
for an act relating to protective orders for domestic abuse.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
	House File 306, by Myers, a bill for an act prohibiting the state 

department of transportation from selling certain information 
maintained by the department.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 307, by Eddie, a bill for an act relating to placement of 
political material on school property when the school is a polling place 
and making a penalty applicable.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 308, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
relating to peace officer status for investigators of the department of 
inspections and appeals.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 309, by Heaton, a bill for an act relating to the 
allocation of profits from the sale of alcoholic liquors.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The following messages were received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has on 
February 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is 
asked:
Senate File 9, a bill for an act relating to the exemption of the sales and use tax on 
building materials, supplies, or equipment of certain rural water districts, and 
providing retroactive applicability and effective dates.
Also: That the Senate has on February 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which 
the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 114, a bill for an act allowing certain utility employees to operate all-
terrain vehicles and snowmobiles on railroad rights of way.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
CONSIDERATION OF BILL

Regular Calendar
House File 255, a bill for an act relating to visitation provisions 
between siblings under a custody order, was taken up for 
consideration.
Carroll of Poweshiek 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. 255)
	The ayes were, 92:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker	Boggess
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Carroll	Chiodo	Cohoon		
Corbett, Spkr.	Cormack	Davis	Dix
Doderer	Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake
Drees	Eddie	Falck	Fallon
Foege	Ford	Frevert	Garman
Gipp	Greiner	Grundberg	Hahn
Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman	Holmes
Holveck	Horbach	Houser	Huseman
Huser	Jacobs	Jager	Jenkins
Jochum	Johnson	Kettering	Klemme
Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin	Larson
Martin	Mascher	May	Mertz
Metcalf	Millage	Mundie	Murphy
Myers	Nelson	O'Brien	Osterhaus
Raecker	Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson
Scherrman	Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist
Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor
Teig	Thomas	Thomson	Van Engelenhoven
Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel	Welter
Whitead	Wise	Witt	Rants,
				  Presiding
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 8:
Bell	Cataldo	Chapman	Connors
Lord	Parmenter	Tyrrell	Van Fossen
	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 255 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
SPONSORS ADDED
(House File 248)
Scherrman of Dubuque requested to be added as a sponsor of 
House File 248.
(House File 305)
Davis of Wapello requested to be added as a sponsor of House File 
305.
EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Wednesday 
morning, February 17, 1999. Had I been present, I would have voted 
"aye" on House File 255.
CATALDO of Polk
APPOINTMENT
The Speaker announced the following appointment:
Iowa Sentencing Commission
(Senate Concurrent Resolution 119)
Galen Davis	Replaces Senator Jeff Lamberti
Serves at the pleasure of the Speaker
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\205	Edward and Elizabeth Stone, Douds - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\206	David and Sara King - For celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
1999\207	Marvin and Doris Benson, Polk City - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\208	Beverly J. Bartos, Iowa City - For 50 years as a pharmacist.
1999\209	Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Gibbs, Promise City - For celebrating their 67th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\210	Mr. and Mrs. Milan Welker, Murray - For celebrating their 65th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\211	Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Johnston, Murray - For celebrating their 65th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\212	Mr. and Mrs. Chester Cartwright, Osceola - For celebrating their 64th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\213	Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kleins, Murray - For celebrating their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 221
Appropriations: Millage, Chair; Dix and Wise.
House File 270
Appropriations: Brunkhorst, Chair; Garman and Wise.
House File 272
Appropriations: Hansen, Chair; Heaton and Mascher.
House File 275
Appropriations: Dix, Chair; Barry and Falck.
House File 282

Commerce and Regulation: Rants, Chair; Dix and Wise.
House File 283
Transportation: Garman, Chair; Heaton and Thomas.
House File 286
Human Resources: Martin, Chair; Davis and Witt.
House File 288
Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Foege and Lord.
House File 291
Transportation: Eddie, Chair; Brauns and Chiodo.
House File 293
Agriculture: Boggess, Chair; Kuhn and Welter.
House File 299
Transportation: Rayhons, Chair; Arnold and Warnstadt.
House File 301
Transportation: Van Engelenhoven, Chair; Rayhons and Warnstadt.
House File 304
Transportation: Larkin, Chair; Blodgett and Chiodo.
House File 306
Transportation: Jager, Chair; Bukta and Welter.
House File 307
State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Arnold, Cataldo, Davis, Holmes, Jochum and 
Reynolds.
Senate File 95
Commerce and Regulation: Bradley, Chair; Cataldo and Hoffman.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House Study Bill 90 (Reassigned)
Judiciary: Sukup, Chair; Holveck and Larson.
House Study Bill 114 (Reassigned)
Transportation: Jager, Chair; Huser and Weidman.
House Study Bill 123 (Reassigned)
Transportation: Huser, Chair; Jager and Weidman.
House Study Bill 124
Ways and Means: Jenkins, Chair; Boal and Doderer.
House Study Bill 125
Education: Eddie, Chair; Rants and Thomas.
House Study Bill 126
Commerce and Regulation: Johnson, Chair; Chiodo and Holmes.
House Study Bill 127
Agriculture: Greiner, Chair; Drake, Frevert, Klemme and Mertz.
House Study Bill 128
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Burnett and Grundberg.
House Study Bill 129
Human Resources: Barry, Chair; Boal and Bukta.
House Study Bill 130
Commerce and Regulation: Chapman, Chair; Dix and Johnson.
House Study Bill 131
Judiciary: Millage, Chair; Holveck and Sukup.
House Study Bill 132
Judiciary: Sukup, Chair; Larson and Parmenter.
House Study Bill 133

Judiciary: Barry, Chair; Larson and Parmenter.
House Study Bill 134
Judiciary: Davis, Chair; Chapman and Sukup.
House Study Bill 135
State Government: Van Engelenhoven, Chair; Holmes and Taylor.
House Study Bill 136
State Government: Holmes, Chair; Houser, O'Brien, Taylor and Van Engelenhoven.
House Study Bill 137
Human Resources: Lord, Chair; Boddicker and Reynolds.
House Study Bill 138
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Lord and Murphy.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 140  Agriculture
Relating to the Iowa turkey marketing council, by providing proce-
dures for the administration of the council, a producer assessment, 
refunds, and for the expenditure of moneys by the council, and pro-
viding an effective date.
H.S.B. 141  Agriculture
Relating to the Iowa egg council by providing for its administration 
and membership.
H.S.B. 142  State Government
Relating to practices and procedures of the department of general ser-
vices, regulating state purchasing of recycled paper, modifying an ap-
propriation to the department, and providing an effective date.
H.S.B. 143  State Government

Adopting the nurse licensure compact, and providing an effective 
date.
H.S.B. 144  Labor and Industrial Relations
Concerning the workforce development department, by providing for 
the establishment of a workforce development corporation, expenses 
for members of the regional advisory board to the workforce develop-
ment board, authority to charge fees for certain services of the depart-
ment, and Iowa conservation corps employee rights.
H.S.B. 145  Labor and Industrial Relations
Relating to worker and public safety and protection laws admin-
istered by the labor services division of Iowa workforce development.
H.S.B. 146  Transportation
Relating to implements of husbandry and restrictions on the move-
ment of such implements, and other vehicles, upon the highways of 
this state.
H.S.B. 147  Human Resources
Relating to child support enforcement, including child support re-
covery in instances of guardianships, income withholding, interest on 
child support collected, and payments to financial institutions for 
record matters, and providing for retroactive applicability.
H.S.B. 148  Education
Relating to the description of disabilities of individuals receiving vo-
cational rehabilitation services.
H.S.B. 149  Commerce and Regulation
Relating to entities and subject matter under the regulatory au-
thority of the insurance division, including securities, business 
opportunities, cemetery merchandise and residential service 

contracts, pro-viding for fees, and establishing penalties.
H.S.B. 150  Local Government
Relating to the payment and allocation of the real estate transfer tax.
H.S.B. 151  Human Resources
Relating to the reimbursement rate for federally qualified health cen-
ters and rural health clinics under the medical assistance program.
H.S.B. 152  Human Resources
Relating to welfare reform provisions involving the family investment 
program and individual development accounts.
H.S.B. 153  Human Resources
Providing for the establishment of a scope of practice review 
committee regarding the proposed licensure of certified professional 
midwives.
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 COMMERCE AND REGULATION
Senate File 70, a bill for an act concerning unemployment insurance by providing 
for the distribution of certain moneys in the unemployment trust fund and the transfer 
of experience for unemployment insurance tax purposes.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 16, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

House Concurrent Resolution 7, a concurrent resolution providing for the 
establishment of a committee by the Legislative Council to conduct a study of economic 
development issues related to the distribution of goods.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1013 and laid over 
under Rule 25 February 16, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
House File 205, a bill for an act concerning persons serving as locally elected 
governmental officials and the removal of certain retirement disincentives to such 
service.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 16, 1999.
Pursuant to Rule 31.7, House File 205 was referred to the committee on 
state government.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
House File 200, a bill for an act relating to motorcycle rider education plates for 
motor vehicles.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1014 February 16, 
1999.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-1013	H.C.R.	7	Committee on Economic
			  Development
H-1014	H.F.	200	Committee on Transportation
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie the House adjourned at 
9:30 a.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, February 18, 1999.
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