Iowa Legislative Session Brief

Volume V, Number 10 -- March 24, 1999
Published by the Iowa General Assembly -- Legislative Information Office

LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS:: Governor's Actions (Bills Signed Into Law or Vetoed ); From the Floor (Bills Passed by the Senate or House); Committee Watch (Bills Passed out of Committee); Bill Watch (Bills Introduced in the Senate and House); Study Bill Watch (Study Bills Proposed in Committee)

GOVERNOR'S ACTIONS

Bills Signed Into Law or Vetoed - March 15-19, 1999

Most bills passed by the Legislature must be sent to the Governor for review. The Governor may choose to sign a bill into law, veto (disapprove) a bill, or, for appropriations bills, issue an item veto, in which portions of a bill are disapproved and the remainder approved. The Legislature may override a veto or item veto by two-thirds of the members of the Senate and House voting to pass the bill again. Bills signed into law are normally effective July 1.

INSURANCE
Distribution of certain funds in the unemployment trust fund and the transfer of experience for unemployment insurance tax purposes. SF 70 (Formerly SSB 1035): Signed: 3/12/99 Effective: 7/1/99
BANKING
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. HF 330: Date: 3/18/99 Effective: 7/1/99

FROM THE FLOOR

Bills Passed by the Senate or House - March 15-19, 1999

Most bills approved by a majority in one chamber are sent to the other chamber for approval (certain resolutions require the approval of the chamber of origin only). Bills passed by both chambers in identical form are sent to the Governor. Bill titles have been edited to reflect only the general subjects addressed. For more specific information, see the complete text of the bill.

PASSED BY THE SENATE:

APPROPRIATIONS
Making supplemental and other appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998. SF 430: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 48-1 Status: Sent to the House
CHILDREN
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. SF 287: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 46-0 Status: Sent to the House
Recognition of high quality child day care providers. SF 306: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 46-2 Status: Sent to the House
Adopting the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. SF 367: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 49-0 Status: Sent to the House
COMMUNICATIONS
Interception of communications. SF 309: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 44-5 Status: Sent to the House
Moving of duties and responsibilities for providing telecommunications cabling necessary to provide state communications services from the Department of General Services to the Iowa Telecommunications and Technology Commission. SF 431: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 48-0 Status: Sent to the House
CORPORATION
Establishment of a workforce development corporation. SF 281: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 46-0 Status: Sent to the House
COURT
Requiring that the clerk of the district court confirm that notice has been given to required parties prior to the filing of a non-statutory lien. SF 303: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 47-0 Status: Sent to the House
Extend the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include adoption and termination of parental rights proceedings. SF 421: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 43-5 Status: Sent to the House
CRIME
Establishing the offense of promoting or possessing contraband in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities. SF 101: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 49-0 Status: Sent to the House
Lifetime registration for certain sex offenders, the performance of sex offender risk assessments, and the procedures for dissemination of registry information to agencies and the public. SF 294: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 47-0 Status: Sent to the House
DEFENSE
Authorizing fees through the Emergency Management Division of the Department of Public Defense for radiological detection equipment maintenance services, authorizing financial assistance to local governments for emergency management purposes, and directing a report to the General Assembly by the division director. SF 254: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 49-0 Status: Sent to the House
FINANCIAL
Investments by banks and certain insurance companies in Iowa agriculture industry finance corporations. SF 280: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 49-0 Status: Sent to the House
Regulation of viatical settlement contracts when sold as investments. SF 410: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 48-1 Status: Sent to the House
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. SF 249: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 48-0 Status: Sent to the House
GENERAL SERVICES
Modifying an appropriation to the Department of General Services, regulating state purchasing of recycled paper, and regarding practices and procedures of the department. SF 282: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 46-0 Status: Sent to the House
HISTORIC SITES
Directional signs for historic sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places. SF 339: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 49-0 Status: Sent to the House
Establishment of a country school historical resource preservation grant program to be administered by the historical division of the Department of Cultural Affairs. SF 412: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 48-0 Status: Sent to the House
HOSPICES
Sales and tax exemption for hospices. SF 231: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 47-0 Status: Sent to the House
HUNTING
Issuance of a hunter safety and ethics certificate to certain honorably discharged military veterans. SF 263: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 37-10 Status: Sent to the House
LAND
Transfer of real estate, and the filing of a release of mortgage. SF 335: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 46-0 Status: Sent to the House
LANGUAGE
Public policy involving the use of the English language and assistance to legal immigrants and foreign nationals. SF 449: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 32-16 Status: Sent to the House
LAWMAKERS
Biennial memorial session. SCR 5: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: Voice Status: Sent to the Secretary of State
Pioneer lawmakers. SCR 6: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: Voice Status: Sent to the Secretary of State
LICENSES
Requirements for issuance of an intermediate and full driver's license. SF 398: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 49-0 Status: Sent to the House
Registration of all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. SF 407: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 49-0 Status: Sent to the House
LIENS
Notification of forfeited and canceled mechanic's liens. SF 429: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 49-0 Status: Sent to the House
LOOSESTRIFE
Prohibiting the sale or distribution of purple loosestrife. SF 313: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 45-1 Status: Sent to the House
MEDICAL
Requiring licensure to practice acupuncture. SF 182: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 48-0 Status: Sent to the House
Acceptable accreditation, for the purpose of licensing, of psychiatric medical institutions for children. SF 194: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 49-0 Status: Sent to the House
Health care facility enforcement procedures. SF 300: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 50-0 Status: Sent to the House
Minimum training standards for operation of radiation machines. SF 314: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 47-0 Status: Sent to the House
Use of professional designations by audiologists and speech pathologists. SF 323: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 48-0 Status: Sent to the House
Supervision of the office of state medical examiner. SF 376: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 39-9 Status: Sent to the House
SAFETY
Liability of volunteer fire departments for penalties for occupational safety and health violations. SF 298: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 48-1 Status: Sent to the House
SERVICE
Increasing the minimum daily pay for members of the Iowa National Guard while in state active service. SF 210: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 47-0 Status: Sent to the House
STATE EMPLOYEES
State government personnel benefit programs for state employees and a related tax exemption. SF 316: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 45-5 Status: Sent to the House
TECHNOLOGY
A supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, for replacement of certain embedded chips in the technology and equipment of state departments. SF 366: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 47-0 Status: Sent to the House
TENANTS
Landlords' and tenants' relations. SF 337: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 48-1 Status: Sent to the House
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the DOT. SF 424: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 50-0 Status: Sent to the House
TRAPPING
Taking of muskrats by colony trap. SF 265: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 40-7 Status: Sent to the House
VEHICLES
Reflective devices on slow-moving vehicles. SF 352: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 47-0 Status: Sent to the House
WATERCRAFT
Operation, regulation, and equipment of watercraft. SF 187: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 43-5 Status: Sent to the House
WILDLIFE
Designation of endangered and threatened species of fish, plants, or wildlife and civil and criminal penalties for illegal acts affecting the endangered or threatened species. SF 368: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 41-7 Status: Sent to the House

PASSED BY THE HOUSE:

ACCOUNTING
Uniform Principal and Income Act. HF 584: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
AGRICULTURE
Administration of the Iowa Turkey Marketing Council. HF 570: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 97-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
Restrictions on the movement of husbandry implements, and other vehicles upon highways of this state. HF 651: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 89-5 Status: Sent to the Senate
AUCTIONEER
Role of an auctioneer in conducting a public sale or auction involving real property. HF 458: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
CREDIT
Delinquency charges on certain consumer credit transactions. HF 443: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 88-6 Status: Sent to the Senate
CRIME
Establishing the crime of identity theft. HF 659: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
CODE
Non-substantive gender-related provisions in the Code. HF 475: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 98-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
Establishment of an Iowa Trust Code. HF 663: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 93-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
DEBT
Certain property of a debtor which is exempt from execution. HF 660: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 91-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
DRAINAGE
Extending the deadline for closing agricultural drainage wells. HF 339: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
DRUGS
Penalties applicable to the possession, manufacture, or delivery of methamphetamine and other controlled substances. HF 573: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 89-6 Status: Sent to the Senate
EDUCATION
Distribution of funds held in trust for a participant in the certified school to career program. HF 144: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
Number of monthly state aid payments received by school districts. HF 607: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 98-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
ELECTIONS
Conduct of elections by the Secretary of State. HF 656: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 94-1 Status: Sent to the Senate
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Review and oversight of actions of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. HF 636: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 96-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
FERTILIZER
Certification of manure applicators by delaying dates required for certification. HF 531: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 92-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
FINANCIAL
Conditions which must be met by a savings and loan association or savings bank to be eligible to receive such deposits. HF 571: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
FIRE SAFETY
Fire safety provisions applicable to a bed and breakfast inn. HF 518: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 96-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
FOSTER CARE
Reimbursement, payment, and coverage by the state for damages involving individuals providing foster home, guardian, or conservator services. HF 311: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
FRAUD
Defining as a fraudulent practice certain creation or use of retail sales receipts or universal price code labels. HF 498: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
HEALTH
Certain programs and public health issues under the purview of the Iowa Department of Public Health. HF 497: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 94-1 Status: Sent to the Senate
HISTORY
Designating March 1999 as Iowa Women's History Month. HCR 13: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: Voice Status: Sent to the Senate
HUNTING
Time of possession of deer venison, increasing the minimum fine for unlawful taking, possessing, injuring, or transporting protected species and game. HF 658: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
IMPROVEMENTS
Award of a contract for public improvement by a city or the governing body of a city utility. HF 115: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
GUNS
Carrying a gun in or on a vehicle on a public highway. HF 414: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 91-4 Status: Sent to the Senate
PAYMENTS
Payments from the remedial account of the Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund to governmental subdivisions for cost of corrective actions taken. HF 442: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
PEACE OFFICERS
Peace officer status for investigators of the Department of Inspections and Appeals. HF 308: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 94-1 Status: Sent to the Senate
Prohibiting unauthorized changes in telecommunications service. HF 588: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
PRECINCT
Drawing the Sac and Fox Indian settlement precinct in Tama County. HF 679: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 92-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
REAL ESTATEREAL ESTATEREA
Exclusion of certain real estate transactions involving a power of attorney from state licensure and regulation. HF 648: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 95-2 Status: Sent to the Senate
Filing of a notice of an assignment of a mortgage. HF 461: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 93-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
SCHOOLS
Increasing the fine for moving traffic violations in school zones. HF 637: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 94-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
TAXATION
Taxation of certain sales of aircraft under state sales, services, and use taxes. HF 199: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 95-1 Status: Sent to the Senate
TRUSTEE
Modifying the warranty of an estate by a trustee. HF 662: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 93-0 Status: Sent to the Senate
VISITATION
Restricting the awarding of child visitation rights to a parent convicted of murder in the first degree of the other parent. HF 633: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 94-3 Status: Sent to the Senate
WASTE
Eliminating certain requirements relating to the regulation of infectious waste. HF 489: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 95-0 Status: Sent to the Senate

COMMITTEE WATCH

Study Bills Passed Out of Committee - March 15-19, 1999

Bills reported out of committee are eligible to be debated. According to the legislative timetable, most bills had to be reported out of committee in their chamber of origin by February 27 in order to remain eligible for further consideration.

PASSED OUT OF SENATE COMMITTEES:

AGRICULTURE Practices involving the marketing of livestock by packers. SF 436 (Formerly SF 131): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 13-0
Liens arising out of contracts involving the care and feeding of livestock. SF 443 (Formerly SSB 1126): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 13-0
Imposition of an annual conservation and land preservation tax for agricultural property converted to residential, industrial, or commercial. SF 447 (Formerly SF 198): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 9-6
Remediation of agrichemical sites. SF 452 (Formerly SF 299): Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 15-0
Administration and membership of the Iowa Egg Council. SF 453 (Formerly SSB 1184): Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 15-0
Extending the deadline for closing agricultural drainage wells. HF 339: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 15-0
Procedures for the administration of the Iowa Turkey Marketing Council. HF 570 (Formerly HSB 140): Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 15-0
APPROPRIATIONS Making transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the DOT. SF 424 (Formerly SSB 1150): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 25-0
Making supplemental and other appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998. SF 430 (Formerly SSB 1116): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 25-0
BUSINESS and LABOR RELATIONS Limitations of liability pertaining to certain construction contracts. SF 444 (Formerly SF 363): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 10-0
COMMERCE Requirements for establishing and operating a city cable communication utility. SF 190: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 15-0
EDUCATION State school aid for budget years commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 1999. SF 425 (Formerly SSB 1195): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 14-0
Exemption from certain requirements of self-insured accident and health insurance plans provided by school corporations. SF 441 (Formerly SSB 1174): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 14-0
HUMAN RESOURCES Iowa Community Empowerment Act. SF 439 (Formerly SSB 1185): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 12-0
JUDICIARY Extending the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include adoption and termination of parental rights proceedings. SF 421 (Formerly SSB 1187): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 12-2
A blood alcohol concentration standard of .08 for OWI offenses. SF 422 (Formerly SSB 1045): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 8-7
Prohibiting the loaning of money for gambling purposes through a credit card or an electronic or mechanical device at a licensed gambling facility. SF 423 (Formerly SSB 1169): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 12-3
Notification of a forfeited and canceled mechanic's lien. SF 429 (Formerly SSB 1022): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 14-0
Establishment of an automatic temporary financial protective order against the parties to a dissolution of marriage, separate maintenance, or annulment action. SF 432 (Formerly SSB 1016): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 14-0
Notification regarding a mechanic's lien. SF 437 (Formerly SSB 1076): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 14-0
Payment of the legal defense costs of indigent persons, expanding the duties of the state public defender, and the appointment and removal of certain state public defender personnel. SF 451 (Formerly SSB 1194): Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 14-0
Expanding the criminal code definition of serious injury to include certain injuries to children. HF 182 (Formerly HF 75): Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 13-0
Restrict the posting of bond for the offense of felony stalking. HF 296 (Formerly HSB 39): Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 13-0
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Purchase of certain parcels with delinquent taxes by a city or county. SF 448 (Formerly SSB 1168): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 12-0
NATURAL RESOURCES and ENVIRONMENT Watershed protection task force, protection program, and a protection account within the water protection fund. SF 427 (Formerly SSB 1147): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 15-0
Regulation of unformed manure storage structures associated with animal feeding operations. SF 438 (Formerly SF 322): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 11-1
Appropriations from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund to the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the DNR for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000. SF 442 (Formerly SSB 1146): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 15-0
Payments from the remedial account of the Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund to the governmental subdivisions for costs of corrective actions taken due to certain releases from underground storage tanks and allowing the fund board to seek reimbursement from responsible parties for expenses incurred by governmental subdivisions for costs of corrective actions taken due to certain releases from underground storage tanks. HF 442 (Formerly HF 141): Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 13-0
Review and oversight of actions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. HF 636 (Formerly HSB 199): Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 14-0
RULES and ADMINISTRATION Congratulating Nick Collison and the 1999 McDonald's All-American High School Basketball Team. SR 9: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 11-0
SMALL BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, and TOURISM Low-interest loan program to assist persons involved in value-added agricultural processing. SF 426 (Formerly SSB 1127): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 13-0
Use of the English language and assistance to legal immigrants and foreign nationals. SF 449 (Formerly SF 332): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 10-3
STATE GOVERNMENT Establishing a tourism 2000 fund and providing for activities related to a tourism 2000 congress. SF 328: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 14-0
Creating a products of high quality commission in Iowa. SF 357: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 13-0
Authorization to enforce smoking restrictions in a public place by a local law enforcement agency. SF 420 (Formerly SSB 1202): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 8-3
Authority of cities and counties to adopt rent control ordinances. SF 428 (Formerly SSB 1151): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 9-4
Moving of duties and responsibilities for providing telecommunications cabling necessary to provide state communications services from the Department of General Services to the Iowa Telecommunications and Technology Commission. SF 431 (Formerly SSB 1199): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 13-0
Permitting certain transfers of campaign funds after a candidate has not served in public office for a stated number of years. SF 433 (Formerly SF 62): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 15-0
Retirement incentives for certain government employees. SF 434 (Formerly SSB 1204): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 14-0
Authority to regulate passenger elevators. SF 435 (Formerly SF 307): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 9-6
Process for restoring for certain persons the right to register to vote and to vote. SF 440 (Formerly SF 86): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 10-5
Imposing a moratorium on the issuance or transfer of certain gambling licenses, increasing the number of games and machines, authorizing the use of video slot machines, and focusing on other gambling rules. SF 445 (Formerly SSB 1100): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 13-1
Establishing satellite absentee voting stations. SF 446 (Formerly SF 289): Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 9-6
Qualifications of commissioners for a city, county, or joint memorial hospital. HF 224: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 13-0
Activities of bail enforcement agents that are exempt from state licensing requirements. HF 281 (Formerly HSB 30): Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 10-0
WAYS and MEANS State school aid budget years commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 1999. SF 425 (Formerly SSB 1195): Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 12-0
Exemption of the sales of ski lift passes from the state sales and use taxes. SF 456 (Formerly SF 119): Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 10-4
Iowa Educational Savings Plan Trust. SF 457 (Formerly SSB 1182): Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 13-0
Information required to be placed on property tax statements. SF 458 (Formerly SF 296): Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 13-0
State school aid for budget years commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 1999. SF 459 (Formerly SF 425): Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 12-0

PASSED OUT OF HOUSE COMMITTEES:

APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating federal funds made available from federal block grants and other federal grants. SF 283: Date: 3/15/99 Vote: 22-0
Appropriations to the departments of the blind, civil rights, elder affairs, human rights, public health, Governor's Alliance on Substance Abuse, and the Commission of Veterans Affairs. HF 737: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 23-1
COMMERCE and REGULATION Allocating costs incurred by the utilities board and the office of consumer advocate to certain proceedings related to providing competitive utility services. SF 224 (Formerly SSB 1140): Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 20-0
Health care service and treatment coverage. SF 276: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 20-0
EDUCATION Establishment of a beginning teacher induction program. SF 232 (Formerly SF 40): Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 22-0
JUDICIARY Establishing the new criminal offense of interference with a peace officer's service horse. SF 52: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 18-3
Commitment of sexually violent predators. SF 216: Date: 3/18/99 Vote: 21-0
Legalize the transfer of certain property by the joint county system of Black Hawk and Buchanan counties to the Independence Community School District. SF 55 (Formerly SSB 1065): Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 15-1
Non-substantive Code corrections. SF 102 (Formerly SSB 1004): Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 19-0
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Duties and meetings of the county agricultural extension councils. SF 41: Date: 3/16/99 Vote: 18-0
WAYS and MEANS Establishing a tax credit against individual and corporate income tax liability for small business guaranty fees paid. HF 262: Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 22-2
New investment tax credit under the new jobs and income program. HF 490 (Formerly HSB 73): Date: 3/17/99 Vote: 24-0

BILL WATCH

Bills Introduced in the Senate and House - March 15-19, 1999

Individually sponsored bills are normally referred to committee upon introduction. Bills sponsored by committees are placed on the chamber's calendar and are eligible for debate. The bills are categorized by their committee.

INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE:

AGRICULTURE: Practices involving the marketing of livestock by packers. SF 436; Liens arising out of contracts involving the care and feeding of livestock. SF 443; Imposition of an annual conservation and land preservation tax for agricultural property converted to residential, industrial, or commercial. SF 447; Remediation of agrichemical sites. SF 452; Administration and membership of the Iowa Egg Council. SF 453; Production and marketing of agricultural commodities and products. SF 455; Extending the deadline for closing agricultural drainage wells. HF 339 (Received in the Senate); Certification of manure applicators by delaying dates required for certification. HF 531 (Received in the Senate); Procedures for the administration of the Iowa Turkey Marketing Council. HF 570 (Received in the Senate)
APPROPRIATIONS: Making transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the DOT. SF 424; Making supplemental and other appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998. SF 430
BUSINESS and LABOR RELATIONS: Limitations of liability pertaining to certain construction contracts. SF 444
COMMERCE: Delinquency charges on certain consumer credit transactions. HF 443 (Received in the Senate) (Attached to SF 318); Rights of a dissenting shareholder of a state bank. HF 445 (Received in the Senate); Role of an auctioneer in conducting a public sale or auction involving real property. HF 458 (Received in the Senate); Filing of a notice of an assignment of a mortgage. HF 461 (Received in the Senate); Deposit of public funds and the conditions which must be met by a savings and loan association or savings bank to be eligible to receive such deposits. HF 571 (Received in the Senate) (Attached to SF 319); Prohibiting unauthorized changes in telecommunications service. HF 588 (Received in the Senate) (Attached to SF 336); Exclusion of certain real estate transactions involving a power of attorney from state licensure and regulation. HF 648 (Received in the Senate)
EDUCATION: State school aid for budget years commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 1999. SF 425; Exemption from certain requirements of self-insured accident and health insurance plans provided by school corporations. SF 441; Requesting the Department of Education to cooperate with the Iowa Arts Council in administering a contest for students to submit design proposals for Iowa's participation in the U.S. Mint's 50 state quarters program. SCR 10; Urging that Iowa State University of Science and Technology retain the name of its College of Agriculture. SCR 12; Distribution of funds held in trust for a participant in the certified school-to-career program. HF 144 (Received in the Senate); Number of monthly state aid payments received by school districts. HF 607 (Received in the Senate)
ETHICS: Amend the Senate Code of Ethics. SR 8 (Re-referred)
HUMAN RESOURCES: Iowa Community Empowerment Act. SF 439; Certain programs and public health issues under the purview of the Iowa Department of Public Health. HF 497 (Received in the Senate); Reimbursement, payment, and coverage by the state for damages involving individuals providing foster home, guardian, or conservator services. HF 311 (Received in the Senate); Restricting the awarding of child visitation rights to a parent convicted of murder in the first degree of the other parent. HF 633 (Received in the Senate)
JUDICIARY: Extending the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include adoption and termination of parental rights proceedings. SF 421; A blood alcohol concentration standard of .08 for OWI offenses. SF 422; Prohibiting the loaning of money for gambling purposes through a credit card or an electronic or mechanical device at a licensed gambling facility. SF 423; Notification of a forfeited and canceled mechanic's lien. SF 429; Establishment of an automatic temporary financial protective order against the parties to a dissolution of marriage, separate maintenance, or annulment action. SF 432; Notification regarding a mechanic's lien. SF 437; Establishing civil immunity for a person's participation in government. SF 450; Payment of the legal defense costs of indigent persons, expanding the duties of the state public defender, and the appointment and removal of certain state public defender personnel. SF 451; Peace officer status for investigators of the Department of Inspections and Appeals. HF 308 (Received in the Senate); Fingerprinting of persons, including juveniles, who have been arrested or taken into custody. HF 403 (Received in the Senate); Carrying a gun in or on a vehicle on a public highway. HF 414 (Received in the Senate); Defining as a fraudulent practice certain creation or use of retail sales receipts or universal price code labels. HF 498 (Received in the Senate); Changing the penalties applicable to the possession, manufacture, or delivery of methamphetamine and other controlled substances. HF 573 (Received in the Senate); Uniform Principal and Income Act. HF 584 (Received in the Senate); Establishing the crime of identity theft. HF 659 (Received in the Senate); Certain property of a debtor which is exempt from execution. HF 660 (Received in the Senate); Modifying the warranty by a trustee, jurisdiction of the probate court, fees payable on certain trusts, notice provisions relating to claims against estates, and disclaimers made by beneficiaries. HF 662 (Received in the Senate); Establishment of a trust code in Iowa. HF 663 (Received in the Senate)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Purchase of certain parcels with delinquent taxes by a city or county. SF 448; Award of a contract for a public improvement by a city or the governing body of a city utility. HF 115 (Received in the Senate)
NATURAL RESOURCES and ENVIRONMENT: Watershed protection task force, protection program, and a protection account within the water protection fund. SF 427; Regulation of unformed manure storage structures associated with animal feeding operations. SF 438; Appropriations from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund to the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the DNR for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000. SF 442; Payments from the remedial account of the Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund to governmental subdivisions for costs of corrective actions. HF 442 (Received in the Senate); Eliminating certain requirements relating to the regulation of infectious waste. HF 489 (Received in the Senate); Review and oversight of actions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. HF 636 (Received in the Senate); Increasing the minimum fine for unlawful taking, possessing, injuring, or transporting protected species and game. HF 658 (Received in the Senate)
RULES and ADMINISTRATION: Honoring Major General Warren G. Lawson, recommending him for the Iowa Medal of Valor, and designating a day in his honor. SR 7; Congratulating Nick Collison and the 1999 McDonald's All-American High School Basketball Team. SR 9; Requesting the U.S. Congress to prevent the federal government from attempting to recoup Medicaid payments from the state tobacco litigation settlement agreement funds, and to allow the states to keep all settlement funds, without offset. SCR 11
SMALL BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, and TOURISM: Low-interest loan program to assist persons involved in value-added agricultural processing. SF 426; Use of the English language and assistance to legal immigrants and foreign nationals. SF 449
STATE GOVERNMENT: Authorization to enforce smoking restrictions in a public place by a local law enforcement agency. SF 420; Authority of cities and counties to adopt rent control ordinances. SF 428; Moving of duties and responsibilities for providing telecommunications cabling necessary to provide state communications services from the Department of General Services to the Iowa Telecommunications and Technology Commission. SF 431; Permitting certain transfers of campaign funds after a candidate has not served in public office for a stated number of years. SF 433; Retirement incentives for certain government employees. SF 434; Authority to regulate passenger elevators. SF 435; Process for restoring for certain persons the right to register to vote and to vote. SF 440; Imposing a moratorium on the issuance or transfer of certain gambling licenses, increasing the number of games and machines, authorizing the use of video slot machines, and focusing on other gambling rules. SF 445; Establishing satellite absentee voting stations. SF 446; Raising the maximum value of non-monetary items that may be received by public officials and public employees from restricted donors during a calendar day. SF 454; Posthumously honor U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Herbert C. Hoover, by hanging their portraits in the Senate Chamber. SR 6; Urging the Governor to appoint a commission to develop design proposals for Iowa's participation in the U.S. Mint's 50 state quarters program. SCR 13; Release of certain information on claimants of the property tax rent reimbursement to the Department of Inspections and Appeals. HF 417 (Received in the Senate); Drawing the Sac and Fox Indian settlement precinct in Tama County. HF 679 (Received in the Senate) (Attached to SF 238); Non-substantive gender-related provisions of the Code. HF 475 (Received in the Senate); Fire safety provisions applicable to a bed and breakfast inn. HF 518 (Received in the Senate); Conduct of elections and voter registration in the state, and corrective and technical changes to Iowa's election laws. HF 656 (Received in the Senate); Designating March 1999 as Iowa Women's History Month. HCR 13 (Substituted for SCR 8)
TRANSPORTATION: Increasing the fine for moving traffic violations in school zones. HF 637 (Received in the Senate); Restrictions on the movement of implements of husbandry and other vehicles upon the highways of this state. HF 651 (Received in the Senate)
WAYS and MEANS: Exemption of the sales of ski lift passes from the state sales and use taxes. SF 456; Iowa Educational Savings Plan Trust. SF 457; Information required to be placed on property tax statements. SF 458; State school aid for budget years commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 1999. SF 459; Taxation of certain sales of aircraft under the state sales, services, and use taxes. HF 199 (Received in the Senate)

INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE

ADMINSTRATION and RULES: Designating March 1999 as Iowa Women's History Month. HCR 13; Honoring Major General Warren G. Lawson. HR 8; Biennial Memorial Session. SCR 5; Pioneer lawmakers. SCR 6
APPROPRIATIONS: Increasing the minimum daily pay for members of the Iowa National Guard while in state active service. HF 517 (Re-referred); Child support enforcement. HF 585 (Re-referred); Eligibility of certain disabled persons under the optional service coverage category of medical assistance. HF 586 (Re-referred); Reimbursement rate for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics under the Medical Assistance Program. HF 638 (Re-referred); Supplementary weighting for determining enrollment in school districts involved in district-to-district or district-to-community-college sharing programs, and at-risk programs. HF 684 (Re-referred); Standing appropriation to the School Budget Review Committee. HF 685; Establishing a national board certification pilot project for teachers. HF 690; Vocational-technical tuition grants and certain student loan funds under the control of the College Student Aid Commission. HF 691; Appropriations to the departments of the blind, civil rights, elder affairs, human rights, public health, Governor's Alliance on Substance Abuse, and the Commission of Veterans Affairs. HF 737; Increasing the minimum daily pay for members of the Iowa National Guard while in state active service. SF 210 (Received in the House); Supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, for replacement of certain embedded chips in the technology and equipment of state departments. SF 366 (Received in the House); Appropriations to the State DOT. SF 424 (Received in the House); Making supplemental and other appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998. SF 430 (Received in the House)
AGRICULTURE: Iowa agricultural industry finance corporations and investments by banks and insurance companies. HF 699; Marketing of livestock by packers. HF 720; Administration and membership of the Iowa Egg Council. HF 721; Swine production contracts executed between cooperative associations and their members. HF 725; Habitual violators or regulations relating to confinement feeding operations. HF 729; Care and feeding, marketing, and health of swine. HF 731
COMMERCE and REGULATION: Third-party payor coverage for off-label use of prescription drugs. HF 726; Transfer of real estate. SF 335 (Received in the House)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Investments by banks in Iowa agricultural industry finance corporations. SF 280 (Received in the House); Establishment of a workforce development corporation. SF 281 (Received in the House); Use of English language and assistance to legal immigrants and foreign nationals. SF 449 (Received in the House)
EDUCATION: Supplementary weighting for determining enrollment in school districts involved in district-to-district or district-to-community college sharing programs, and at-risk programs. HF 684; Level of state funding for the instructional support program. HF 718; Establishment of a country school historical resource preservation grant program to be administered by the Historical Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs. SF 412 (Received in the House)
HUMAN RESOURCES: Relating to AIDS. HF 681; Establishing local area long-term care ombudspersons. HF 692; Ineligibility penalty for investment program and food stamp benefits for individuals convicted of certain felony offenses involving a controlled substance. HF 695; Clinical privileges in a hospital of a physician assistant or advanced registered nurse practitioner. HF 702; Regulation of medical needles by requiring the conducting of a study. HF 707; Establishing a Governor's award for quality care in health care facilities. HF 708; Acceptable accreditation of psychiatric medical institutions for children for the purpose of licensing. HF 709; Reimbursement for health care services provided by means of interactive audio, video, or data communications. HF 732; Establishing an Iowa drug prior authorization review panel within the DHS. HF 734; Establishment of an independent administrator of the Division of Persons with Disabilities within the Department of Human Rights. HF 736; Requiring licensure to practice acupuncture. SF 182 (Received in the House); Acceptable accreditation of psychiatric medical institutions for children for the purpose of licensing. SF 194 (Received in the House); Child welfare provisions. SF 287 (Received in the House); Health care facility enforcement procedures. SF 300 (Received in the House); Recognition of high quality child care providers. SF 306 (Received in the House)
JUDICIARY: Establishing the crime of sexual exploitation by a person in authority. HF 682; Mediation services related to custody, visitation, and support of a child. HF 683; Offense of operating watercraft while intoxicated. HF 693; Liability for unpaid rates or charges of a city utility or enterprise service for water, sewage, and solid waste services. HF 700; Changes the penalties for the criminal offense of accommodation involving marijuana. HF 705; Establishing the criminal offense of laser pointer harassment against a law enforcement officer. HF 706; Location of the Drug Enforcement and Abuse Prevention Coordinator and the Governor's Alliance on Substance Abuse. HF 710; Drug abuse resistance education surcharge for criminal alcohol beverage control offenses. HF 711; Requiring a clerk of the district court, prior to the filing of a non-statutory lien, to confirm that notice has been given to required parties. HF 712; Protective orders for domestic abuse. HF 713; Alternative forms of identification to be attached to a petition in an action for seeking a name change. HF 714; Prohibiting the loaning of money for gambling purposes through a credit card, electronic, or mechanical device at a licensed gambling facility. HF 715; Recording of trials before a magistrate. HF 716; Interference with visitation and custody. HF 719; Prohibiting the mistreatment of animals. HF 723; Offense of promoting or possessing contraband in prisons and juvenile facilities. SF 101 (Received in the House); Lifetime registration for certain sex offenders, performance of sex offender risk assessments, and the procedures for dissemination of registry information to agencies and the public. SF 294 (Received in the House); Requiring that the clerk of the district court confirm that notice has been to required parties prior to the filing of a non-statutory lien. SF 303 (Received in the House); Interception of communications. SF 309 (Received in the House); Adopting the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. SF 367 (Received in the House); Jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include adoption and termination of parental rights proceedings. SF 421 (Received in the House); Notification of a forfeited and canceled mechanic's lien and challenging a mechanic's lien. SF 429 (Received in the House)
LABOR and INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Review by administrative law judges of certain unemployment compensation determinations. HF 717; Distribution and accounting of earnings from private employers of inmates of institutions under the control of the Department of Corrections. HF 722
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Membership of county compensation boards. HF 703; Purchase of certain parcels with delinquent taxes by a city or county. HF 728; Iowa Community Empowerment Act. HF 730; Landlords' and tenants' relations. SF 337 (Received in the House)
NATURAL RESOURCES: Location requirements for a licensed hunting preserve. HF 687; Sale of timber by a county conservation board. HF 696; Operation of motor boats on artificial lakes. HF 697; Operation, regulation, and equipment of watercraft, and establishment watercraft safety courses. SF 187 (Received in the House); Issuance of a hunter safety and ethics certificate to certain honorably discharged military veterans. SF 263 (Received in the House); Taking of muskrats by colony trap. SF 265 (Received in the House); Prohibiting the sale or distribution of purple loosestrife. SF 313 (Received in the House); Designation of and illegal acts affecting endangered and threatened species of fish, plants, or wildlife. SF 368 (Received in the House)
STATE GOVERNMENT: Registration requirements and establishing a scope of authority for dental assistants. HF 686; Designation of a state poet laureate. HF 688; Establishment of an Iowa freedom trail program. HF 689; Providing for multiple programs, investment options and marketing requirements for governmental deferred compensation programs. HF 694; Enacting provisions relating to election misconduct. HF 698; Use and dissemination of social security numbers. HF 704; Establishing a presumption that infectious diseases are work-related for purposes of disability and death benefits under the statewide fire and police retirement system. HF 735; Requesting the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Army to place additional production work at the Rock Island Arsenal. HJR 13; Emergency Management division of the Department of Public Defense. SF 254 (Received in the House); Regulating state purchasing of recycled paper and modifying an appropriation to the Department of General Services. SF 282 (Received in the House); Liability of volunteer fire departments for penalties for occupational safety. SF 298 (Received in the House); Minimum training standards for operation of radiation machines. SF 314 (Received in the House); State Government personnel benefit programs for state employees and a related tax exemption. SF 316 (Received in the House); Use of professional designations by audiologists and speech pathologists. SF 323 (Received in the House); Supervision of the Office of State Medical Examiner. SF 376 (Received in the House)
TRANSPORTATION: Directing the state DOT to conduct a study on the use of corn-based de-icers. HF 701; Directional signs for historic sites listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and non-profit hospitals. SF 339 (Received in the House); Reflective devices on slow-moving vehicles. SF 352 (Received in the House); Requirements for issuance of an intermediate driver's license and a full driver's license. SF 398 (Received in the House); Registration of all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. SF 407 (Received in the House) (Successor to SF 297)
WAYS and MEANS: Providing for a certified capital company insurance premium tax credit. HF 513 (Re-referred); Real estate transfer tax and housing councils. HF 724; Urban renewal and urban revitalization. HF 727; New investment tax credit under the new jobs and income program. HF 733 (Successor to HF 490); Establishing a tax credit against individual and corporate income tax liability for small business guaranty fees paid. HF 738 (Successor to HF 262); Providing a sales and use tax exemption for hospices. SF 231 (Received in the House)

STUDY BILL WATCH

Study Bills Proposed in Committee -- March 15-19, 1999

Study bills are proposals developed under committee sponsorship to determine the reception of an issue by the Legislature. Study bills may be proposed by committee chairpersons, state agencies, and the Governor. If a study bill receives committee approval, it is introduced as a Senate or House file with the committee as sponsor.

SENATE STUDY BILLS:

APPROPRIATIONS: Appropriations to the justice system. SSB 1205; Funding, operation, and appropriation of funds to the College Student Aid Commission, the Department of Cultural Affairs, the Department of Education, and the State Board of Regents. SSB 1206
WAYS and MEANS: Taxation of certain communications services providers. SSB 1207

HOUSE STUDY BILLS:

WAYS and MEANS: Local option sales and services taxes. HSB 250

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