House Journal: Wednesday, February 2, 2000
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE
Twenty-fourth Calendar Day - Fifteenth Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, February 2, 2000
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:53 a.m., Speaker
Siegrist in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Stephen Anenson, pastor of
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Story City.
The Journal of Tuesday, February 1, 2000 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Huseman of Cherokee on request of Rants of Woodbury; Witt of Black Hawk on
request of Schrader of Marion; Doderer of Johnson, for the remainder of the week, on
request of Jochum of Dubuque.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2128, by Alons and Reynolds, a bill for an act
exempting the sale of burial caskets, vaults, interment receptacles,
and tombstones from state sales and use taxes.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2129, by Jenkins, a bill for an act relating to the tax
for maintenance of a city or county assessor's office and providing an
applicability date.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 2130, by Arnold, Teig, and Weidman, a bill for an act
establishing a criminal offense related to drug paraphernalia.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2131, by Dolecheck, a bill for an act making a
standing appropriation to the school budget review committee for
transportation assistance aid to certain school districts.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 2132, by Kreiman, a bill for an act relating to
visitation rights of parents who have been convicted of certain crimes.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2133, by Huser, Sunderbruch, Bukta, Falck,
Kettering, Dotzler, Eddie, Van Engelenhoven, Myers, Kreiman, Teig,
Huseman, Gipp, Dix, Carroll, and Thomas, a bill for an act relating to
certain state and municipal agencies by making changes relating to
the provision of and training for fire protection service and emergency
medical service, by amending the powers and duties of townships and
township officers, and by providing for the nonpartisan election of
township officers.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
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 1, 2000, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is
asked:
Senate File 2048, a bill for an act providing for the appointment and length of terms
for members added to a hospital board of trustees.
Also: That the Senate has on February 1, 2000, adopted the following resolution in
which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate Concurrent Resolution 101, a concurrent resolution to request a United
States Corps of Engineers' study of the lower Des Moines River.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED
The following communications were received and filed in the office
of the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
A report on the child care home registration levels pilot project, pursuant to
Chapter 192, 1999 Acts of the Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
A report on the organized delivery systems in Iowa, pursuant to Chapter 158.3(f),
1993 Acts of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly.
IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
The Iowa Workforce Development Annual Report Addendum, pursuant to Chapter
7B.3(10), 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
2000\185 Gene and Beverly Zacek, Cedar Rapids - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2000\186 Gordon Ellison, Mt. Vernon - For celebrating his 90th birthday.
2000\187 Henry and Lena Johnson, Exira - For celebrating their 80th wedding
anniversary.
2000\188 Ralph and Donna Waters, Indianola - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2000\189 Fred Wilson, Indianola - For celebrating his 100th birthday.
2000\190 Dick and Lucille Stone, Chariton - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.
2000\191 Ruth O'Day, Dunlap - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2000\192 Laura and Chester McDonald, Charles City - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2000\193 Arlene and Lyle Boyer, Charles City - For celebrating their 65th
wedding anniversary.
2000\194 Bernard Kooistra, Lynnville - For celebrating his 87th birthday.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Joint Resolution 2004
Judiciary: Baudler, Chair; Ford and Jager.
House File 2010
Ways and Means: Jager, Chair; Myers and Raecker.
House File 2044
Ways and Means: Hoffman, Chair; Doderer and Lord.
House File 2063
Ways and Means: Jager, Chair; Myers and Raecker.
House File 2095
Ways and Means: Blodgett, Chair; Holmes and Richardson.
House File 2096
Ways and Means: Sukup, Chair; Larson and Weigel.
House File 2107
Agriculture: Greiner, Chair; Boggess and Mertz.
House File 2108
Agriculture: Teig, Chair; Drake and Mundie.
House File 2109
Transportation: Arnold, Chair; Blodgett and Larkin.
House File 2112
Judiciary: Davis, Chair; Kreiman and Thomson.
House File 2113
Transportation: Eddie, Chair; Warnstadt and Weidman.
House File 2118
Judiciary: Millage, Chair; Myers and Shey.
House File 2119
Transportation: Heaton, Chair; Cohoon and Van Engelenhoven.
House File 2121
Transportation: Drees, Chair; Garman and Jager.
House File 2126
State Government: Houser, Chair; Brauns and Chiodo.
Senate File 2036
State Government: Brauns, Chair; Holmes and Jochum.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 573
Agriculture: Klemme, Chair; Horbach and Kuhn.
House Study Bill 575
Local Government: Houser, Chair; Mundie and Weidman.
House Study Bill 576
State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Gipp and O'Brien.
House Study Bill 577
Agriculture: Teig, Chair; Drake and Mertz.
House Study Bill 578
Commerce and Regulation: Jenkins, Chair; Bradley and Weigel.
House Study Bill 579
Commerce and Regulation: Hoffman, Chair; Dix and Holveck.
House Study Bill 580
Commerce and Regulation: Hoffman, Chair; Chiodo and Shey.
House Study Bill 581
Commerce and Regulation: Dix, Chair; Doderer and Johnson.
House Study Bill 582
State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Connors, Holmes, Houser and Larkin.
House Study Bill 583
State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Arnold, Cataldo, Davis, Holmes, Jochum and
Reynolds.
House Study Bill 584
State Government: Gipp, Chair; Brauns and Larkin.
House Study Bill 585
Transportation: Welter, Chair; Brauns and Thomas.
House Study Bill 587
Local Government: Alons, Chair; Eddie and Mundie.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 588 Ways and Means
Relating to the Iowa educational savings plan trust and providing an
effective date.
H.S.B. 589 Ways and Means
Relating to certification of property taxes by townships and providing
an effective date.
H.S.B. 590 Ways and Means
Relating to the exemption from the sales and use taxes of equipment,
gas, and electricity used in egg production.
H.S.B. 591 Ways and Means
Providing for interest on delinquent assessments payable to the Iowa
egg council.
H.S.B. 592 Economic Development
Relating to the issuance of closing protection letters by the Iowa
finance authority.
H.S.B. 593 Judiciary
Relating to the regulation of controlled substances and precursors to
controlled substances.
H.S.B. 594 Judiciary
Concerning the administration of clerk of court offices.
H.S.B. 595 Judiciary
Relating to domestic violence protective orders.
H.S.B. 596 Judiciary
Relating to the national crime prevention and privacy compact.
H.S.B. 597 Judiciary
Providing for review of deaths of children under the age of eighteen
by the child death review team.
H.S.B. 598 Judiciary
Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of the juvenile court and the
district court relating to modification of child custody and support
orders.
H.S.B. 599 Judiciary
Relating to operating watercraft while intoxicated and providing
penalties.
H.S.B. 600 Judiciary
Relating to jurisdictional changes to small claims court cases.
H.S.B. 601 Judiciary
Relating to the establishment of a domestic abuse death review team
and providing a penalty.
H.S.B. 602 State Government
Authorizing the formation of a professional corporation by individuals
engaged in the practice of social work as independent social workers.
H.S.B. 603 State Government
Transferring authority for the satisfaction and performance bond
program for targeted small businesses to the department of
inspections and appeals and increasing the project value amount as it
relates to eligibility for a waiver of a bond requirement.
H.S.B. 604 Judiciary
Relating to the accumulation of credit upon an inmate's sentence for
Iowa inmates incarcerated in another jurisdiction.
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 ADMINISTRATION AND RULES
Committee Resolution, a resolution relating to annual budgets for the daily
operations of the House of Representatives.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 1, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 547), relating to the establishment of
the state percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation program and
providing an applicability date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 2, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 508), relating to the designated date
of withholding of child support by payors of income and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 1, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2030), providing for inheritance by great-
grandparents, great-aunts and uncles, and second cousins of intestate decedents.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Committee Action: Indefinitely Postponed February 1, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 532), relating to the sex offender
registry and criminal penalties and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 1, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 555), relating to nonsubstantive Code
corrections.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 1, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 565), relating to drug policy
coordination, including establishment of a drug policy coordinator, the governor's office
of drug control policy, and a drug policy advisory council.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 1, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 542), relating to the appointment of
emergency management coordinators.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 1, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 502), relating to contracts and
agreements entered into by the Iowa lottery board and commissioner of the lottery.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 2, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 503), proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the qualification of electors.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 2, 2000.
RESOLUTIONS FILED
HR 103, by committee on administration and rules, a resolution
relating to annual budgets for the daily operations of the House of
Representatives.
Laid over under Rule 25 and placed on the calendar.
SCR 101, by Miller, a concurrent resolution to request a United
States Corps of Engineers' study of the lower Des Moines River.
Laid over under Rule 25.
AMENDMENT FILED
H-8007 H.F. 2099 Frevert of Palo Alto
On motion by Rants of Woodbury the House adjourned at 9:07
a.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, February 3, 2000.
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