House Journal: Monday, March 22, 1999

Seventy-first Calendar Day - Forty-fourth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, March 22, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 1:00 p.m., Speaker 
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Jennifer Davis-Sensenig, pastor of 
Cedar Falls Mennonite Church, Cedar Falls.
The Journal of Friday, March 19, 1999 was approved.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the Urbandale Camp Fire 
Club. They were the guests of the Honorable Janet Metcalf, state 
representative from Polk County.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Burnett of Story on request of Thomas of Clayton; Chiodo of Polk on request of 
Cataldo of Polk; Cohoon of Des Moines, Connors of Polk and Taylor of Linn, until his 
arrival, on request of Myers of Johnson. 
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 739, by Taylor, a bill for an act requiring trauma 
counseling and leave for railroad employees involved in certain 
railroad accidents.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 740, by committee on commerce and regulation, a bill 
for an act relating to the restructuring of the electric utility industry 
by providing for consumer choice for certain electric services, 
providing penalties, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED

Senate File 249, by committee on commerce, a bill for an act 
relating to the operation and regulation of insurance companies, 
including the treatment of certain confidential information by the 
commissioner, the operation of certain types of insurance companies, 
and the rights and duties of insurance companies under certain 
policies issued in this state.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
Senate File 410, by committee on commerce, a bill for an act 
providing for the regulation of viatical settlement contracts when sold 
as investments.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
Senate File 431, by committee on state government, a bill for an 
act relating to the moving of duties and responsibilities for providing 
telecommunications cabling necessary to provide state communica-
tions services from the department of general services to the Iowa 
telecommunications and technology commission.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 11
Foege of Linn offered the following House Memorial Resolution 11 
and moved its adoption:
HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 11
Whereas, The Honorable Phillip E. Brammer, of Linn 
County, Iowa, who was a member of the Seventieth, 
Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-second Extra, 
Seventy-second Second Extra, Seventy-third, Seventy-
fourth, Seventy-fourth Extra, Seventy-fifth and Seventy-
sixth general assemblies, passed away March 6, 1999; Now 
Therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives, That 
a committee of three be appointed by the Speaker of the 
House to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating his 

life, character and service to the state.
The motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed as such com-
mittee Foege of Linn, Larson of Linn and Taylor of Linn.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 12
Dolecheck of Ringgold offered the following House Memorial 
Resolution 12 and moved its adoption:
HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 12
Whereas, The Honorable Harry Madden, of Union 
County, Iowa, who was a member of the Sixty-first general 
assembly, passed away May 8, 1996; Now Therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives, That 
a committee of three be appointed by the Speaker of the 
House to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating his 
life, character and service to the state.
The motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed as such com-
mittee Dolecheck of Ringgold, Brunkhorst of Bremer and Cohoon of 
Des Moines.
TEACHER OF THE DAY
Representative Hoffman of Crawford presented to the House, Joel 
and Jolene Franken, teachers from the Denison School District.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 647, a bill for an act relating to judges, concerning 
associate juvenile judges, associate probate judges, and retired 
judges, was taken up for consideration.
Millage of Scott 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. 647)
		The ayes were, 92:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Bukta
Carroll	Cataldo	Chapman	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	Jochum	Johnson	Kettering
Klemme	Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin
Larson	Lord	Martin	Mascher
May	Mertz	Metcalf	Millage
Mundie	Murphy	Myers	Nelson
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter	Raecker
Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist	Stevens
Sukup	Sunderbruch	Teig	Thomas
Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel	Welter
Whitead	Wise	Witt	Mr. Speaker
				  Corbett
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 8:
Brunkhorst	Burnett	Chiodo	Cohoon
Connors	Jenkins	Rants	Taylor
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
Appropriations Calendar
Senate File 283, a bill for an act 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, with report of committee 
recommending passage, was taken up for consideration.
	Nelson of Marshall 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?" (S.F. 283)
	The ayes were, 93:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Carroll	Cataldo	Chapman
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	Jochum	Johnson
Kettering	Klemme	Kreiman	Kuhn
Larkin	Larson	Lord	Martin
Mascher	May	Mertz	Metcalf
Millage	Mundie	Murphy	Myers
Nelson	O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter
Raecker	Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson
Scherrman	Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist
Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch	Teig
Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel
Welter	Whitead	Wise	Witt
Mr. Speaker
  Corbett
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 7:
Burnett	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Jenkins	Rants	Taylor
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 514, a bill for an act relating to enforcement, 
prevention, education, and treatment for substance abuse and sexual 
abuse, and providing appropriations, was taken up for consideration.
	Murphy of Dubuque asked and received unanimous consent to 

withdraw amendment H-1057 filed by him on March 9, 1999.
Garman of Story offered the following amendment H?1117 filed by 
her and moved its adoption:
H-1117
 1     Amend House File 514 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 2, line 1, by striking the words "the
 3   establishment of".
 4     2.  Page 2, by striking lines 5 through 8 and
 5   inserting the following:
 6     "The department of corrections shall establish
 7   criteria for judicial district departments of
 8   correctional services to apply for and receive moneys
 9   from the department for assistance in implementing a
10   youth leadership model program.
11     As a part of the program, the judicial district
12   department of correctional services may recruit, to
13   work with at-risk children, college or high school
14   students in the judicial district, regardless of
15   gender, recommended by their respective schools as
16   good role models, including, but not limited to,
17   students who possess ability in one or more of the
18   following areas:  intellectual ability, leadership
19   ability, athletic ability, visual arts ability, or
20   performing arts ability."
21     3.  Page 2, line 13, by striking the words
22   "judicial branch" and inserting the following:
23   "department of corrections".
24     4.  Page 2, by inserting after line 19 the
25   following:
26     "The director of the department of corrections
27   shall designate from any appropriation from the
28   general fund of the state to the department for the
29   fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June
30   30, 2000, the amount necessary to provide a match for
31   the expenses associated with the establishment of the
32   two drug court pilot programs and, if a transfer of
33   funds is required, the notice provisions of section
34   8.39 do not apply."
35     5.  Page 5, line 5, by inserting after the word
36   "community." the following:  "However, communities
37   participating in federally funded research activities
38   through the institute for social and behavioral
39   research at Iowa state university on the effective
40   date of this Act are not eligible to participate in
41   the program."
	Amendment H?1117 was adopted.

SENATE FILE 361 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 514
Garman of Story asked and received unanimous consent to sub-
stitute Senate File 361 for House File 514.
Senate File 361, a bill for an act relating to enforcement, 
prevention, education, and treatment for substance abuse and sexual 
abuse, and providing appropriations, was taken up for consideration.
Murphy of Dubuque offered the following amendment H?1084 filed 
by him and moved its adoption:
H-1084
 1     Amend Senate File 361, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 12 the
 4   following:
 5     "It is the intent of the general assembly that by
 6   fiscal year 2001-2002, moneys shall be appropriated to
 7   provide for a total of eighteen additional narcotics
 8   enforcement agents."
Amendment H?1084 lost.
Thomson of Linn asked and received unanimous consent to with-
draw amendment H-1131 filed by Thomson, et al., on March 18, 
1999.
Garman of Story 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?" (S.F. 361)
	The ayes were, 94:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Carroll	Cataldo	Chapman
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	Jochum	Johnson
Kettering	Klemme	Kreiman	Kuhn
Larkin	Larson	Lord	Martin
Mascher	May	Mertz	Metcalf
Millage	Mundie	Murphy	Myers
Nelson	O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter
Raecker	Rants	Rayhons	Reynolds
Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader	Shoultz
Siegrist	Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch
Teig	Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman
Weigel	Welter	Whitead	Wise
Witt	Mr. Speaker
		  Corbett
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 6:
Burnett	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Jenkins	Taylor
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
HOUSE FILE 514 WITHDRAWN 
Garman of Story asked and received unanimous consent to with-
draw House File 514 from further consideration by the House.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGES
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: 
House File 647, Senate Files 283 and 361.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
The following message was received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has on 
March 22, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was 
asked:
	House File 200, a bill for an act relating to special registration plates for motor 

vehicles.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
SPONSOR ADDED
(House File 735)
Davis of Wapello requested to be added as a sponsor of House File 
735.
EXPLANATIONS OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 18, 
1999.  Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House Files 
531, 660, 662, 663 and 679.
EDDIE of Buena Vista
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 18, 
1999.  Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House Files 
115, 443, amendment H-1099 to House File 443, 531, 571, 
amendment H-1109 to House File 571, 637, 660, 662, 663 and 679.
KUHN of Floyd
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present in 
the House chamber:
Twenty-four 4-H students from Jackson and Clinton counties, 
accompanied by Rindy Babeshoff.  By Osterhaus of Jackson.
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
The following communication was received and filed in the office of 
the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Division of Latino Affairs
The Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 216A.12, 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\451	Kenneth Argotsinger, Woodbine - For celebrating his 80th birthday.
1999\452	Regina Fitzpatrick, Dunlap - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
1999\453	Clara Bell Davis, Dunlap - For celebrating her 86th birthday.
1999\454	Edgar I. Snyder, Jesup - For celebrating his 80th birthday.
1999\455	Elizabeth Kuennen, St. Lucas - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
1999\456	Helen Cannon, Oelwein - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
1999\457	May Handy, Shenandoah - For celebrating her 100th birthday.
1999\458	Freddie Rife, Missouri Valley - For celebrating his 80th birthday.
1999\459	Davenport Assumption Boys' Basketball Team and their Coach Randy 
Norton, Davenport - For winning the 1999 Class 3-A Iowa State Boys' 
Basketball Tournament.
1999\460	Evelyn and Kelon Ketelsen, Maquoketa - For celebrating their 60th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\461	Violet Rosendahl, Decorah - For celebrating her 100th birthday.
1999\462	Lena Trede, Neola - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
1999\463	Wartburg College Wrestling Team, Coach Jim Miller and Athletic 
Director Gary Grace, Wartburg College - For winning the 1999 NCAA 
Division 3 National Wrestling Championship.
1999\464	Mt. Vernon High School Academic Decathlon Team Members: Annie 
Pisarik, Jessica Enns, Lauren Sauter, Marc Trachy, Nate Freeman, 
Evan Yeats, Evan Peterson, and Bryan Johnson, Mt. Vernon High 
School - For receiving 2nd place in the Small School Division of the 
1999 State Academic Decathlon Competition.
1999\465	Anna Alger, Lisbon - For celebrating her 85th birthday.
1999\466	Clifford and Marilee Hicks, Indianola - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\467	Ardel and Gretchen Sitz, Indianola - For celebrating their 50th 

wedding anniversary.
1999\468	Justin Lyman, Newell-Fonda Community School - For being named to 
the Class 1-A, All Tournament Team at the 1999 Boys' State 
Basketball Tournament.
1999\469	Jason Sarchet, Newell-Fonda Community School - For being named 
Captain of the Class 1-A, All Tournament Team at the 1999 Boys' 
State Basketball Tournament.
1999\470	Newell-Fonda Community School, Newell-Fonda - For winning the 
1999 Class 1-A, Boys' State Basketball Tournament.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 517
Appropriations:  Dix, Chair; Sukup and Warnstadt.
House File 585
Appropriations:  Millage, Chair; Dix and Mertz.
House File 586
Appropriations:  Heaton, Chair; Bell and Nelson.
House File 638
Appropriations:  Heaton, Chair; Mertz and Nelson.
House File 684
Appropriations:  Millage, Chair; Dix and Falck.
House File 685
Appropriations:  Hansen, Chair; Cormack and Mascher.
House File 690
Appropriations:  Hansen, Chair; Brunkhorst and Mascher.
House File 691
Appropriations:  Hansen, Chair; Gipp and Wise.
House File 718
Appropriations:  Millage, Chair; Dix and Warnstadt.
Senate File 210

Appropriations:  Dix, Chair; Cormack and Warnstadt.
Senate File 232
Appropriations:  Hansen, Chair; Brunkhorst and Wise.
Senate File 254
State Government:  Van Engelenhoven, Chair; Gipp and Whitead.
Senate File 263
Natural Resources:  Sunderbruch, Chair; O'Brien and Weidman.
Senate File 323
State Government:  Davis, Chair; Metcalf and O'Brien.
Senate File 366
Appropriations:  Millage, Chair; Dix and Falck.
Senate File 431
State Government:  Jacobs, Chair; Bradley and Whitead.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
H.S.B. 251  Environmental Protection
Urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency to take 
specific actions relating to gasoline sulfur levels and regulation of 
vehicle emissions.
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 JUDICIARY

Senate File 216, a bill for an act relating to the commitment of sexually violent 
predators, by changing the deadline for filing a petition by the attorney general; 
providing for waiver or continuance of the probable cause hearing; granting greater 
enforcement power to the prosecuting attorney; extending the time to hold a trial; 
establishing supervised release for sexually violent persons who have been 
rehabilitated; providing for the preservation of certain child abuse reports; and 
providing the department of justice with access to such reports.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1150 March 18, 1999.
RESOLUTION FILED
HCR 15, by Shoultz, Dotzler, Jenkins, and Witt, a concurrent 
resolution urging the Governor to appoint a commission to develop 
design proposals for Iowa's participation in the United States Mint's 
50 state quarters program.
Laid over under Rule 25.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-1141	H.F.	684	Grundberg of Polk
H-1142	H.F.	590	Huser of Polk
H-1143	H.F.	713	Boddicker of Cedar
			Witt of Black Hawk
H-1144	H.F.	732	Blodgett of Cerro Gordo
H-1145	S.F.	298	Eddie of Buena Vista
H-1146	H.F.	680	Wise of Lee
			Nelson of Marshall
H-1148	H.F.	209	Senate Amendment
H-1149	H.F.	672	Carroll of Poweshiek
			Bukta of Clinton
			Boal of Polk
H-1150	S.F.	216	Committee on Judiciary
H-1151	H.F.	433	Rants of Woodbury
H-1152	H.F.	700	Kreiman of Davis
			Sukup of Franklin
H-1153	H.F.	686	Parmenter of Story
	On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie the House adjourned at 

2:08 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Tuesday, March 23, 1999.
776	JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE	71st Day
71st Day	MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1999	775

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