House Journal: Monday, February 14, 2000
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE
Thirty-sixth Calendar Day - Twenty-third Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, February 14, 2000
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 1:08 p.m., Speaker pro
tempore Sukup in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Ed Ward, pastor of St. Stephens
Lutheran Church, West Des Moines.
The Journal of Friday, February 11, 2000 was approved.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by students from Southeast Polk
Junior High. They were accompanied by their teacher Dee
Martinson. Prior to the Pledge the students read the poem, "Our
Flag" written by them.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Greiner of Washington on request of Rants of Woodbury.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2244, by Dix, Witt, Boddicker, Davis, Foege, and
Reynolds, a bill for an act relating to the creation of a consolidated
and comprehensive system of personal assistance services.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2245, by Frevert, a bill for an act relating to
confinement feeding operations, by providing that contractors are
liable for civil penalties arising out of violations committed by
contract producers.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 2246, by Whitead, Schrader, Connors, Bell, Wise,
Cohoon, Murphy, Larkin, D. Taylor, Witt, Stevens, Bukta, Kuhn,
Ford, T. Taylor, Frevert, Reynolds, Jochum, Osterhaus, Greimann,
Richardson, Falck, Thomas, Mascher, Kreiman, Cataldo, Dotzler,
Mertz, O'Brien, Holveck, Drees, May, Myers, Chiodo, and Parmenter,
a bill for an act prohibiting certain acts associated with telemarketing
sales calls and making a civil penalty applicable.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.
SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED
Senate File 2089, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act relating to collection of the physical plant and equipment property
tax levy in certain urban renewal areas and providing an
applicability date.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 106
Johnson of Osceola called up for consideration House Concurrent
Resolution 106, a concurrent resolution relating to support of the
State of Minnesota's lawsuit against the federal government and the
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding
disparate funding under the federal Medicare program, and moved its
adoption.
The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 108
Davis of Wapello called up for consideration House Concurrent
Resolution 108, a concurrent resolution requesting the Congress of
the United States to appropriate sufficient funding to the United
States Naval Fleet and the United States Flag Merchant Marine
Fleet, and moved its adoption.
The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 2146, a bill for an act relating to the authority of the
board of educational examiners over certification and licensing of
para-educators and practitioners, was taken up for consideration.
Kreiman of Davis asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-8014 filed by him on February 8, 2000.
Brunkhorst of Bremer 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. 2146)
The ayes were, 92:
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Alons | Arnold | Barry | Baudler |
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Bell | Blodgett | Boal | Boddicker |
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Boggess | Bradley | Brauns | Brunkhorst |
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Bukta | Carroll | Cataldo | Chiodo |
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Cohoon | Connors | Cormack | Davis |
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Dix | Doderer | Dolecheck | Dotzler |
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Drake | Drees | Eddie | Falck |
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Fallon | Foege | Ford | Frevert |
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Garman | Gipp | Greimann | Grundberg |
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Hahn | Hansen | Hoffman | Holmes |
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Holveck | Horbach | Huseman | Huser |
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Jacobs | Jager | Jenkins | Jochum |
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Johnson | Kettering | Klemme | Kreiman |
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Kuhn | Larkin | Larson | Lord |
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Martin | Mascher | May | Mertz |
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Metcalf | Millage | Mundie | Murphy |
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Myers | O'Brien | Osterhaus | Parmenter |
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Rants | Rayhons | Reynolds | Richardson |
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Scherrman | Schrader | Shey | Shoultz |
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Sunderbruch | Taylor, D. | Teig | Thomas |
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Thomson | Tyrrell | Van Engelenhoven | Van Fossen |
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Warnstadt | Weidman | Weigel | Welter |
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Whitead | Wise | Witt | Sukup, |
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| | | Presiding |
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The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 8:
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Greiner | Heaton | Houser | Nelson-Forbes |
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Raecker | Siegrist, Spkr. | Stevens | Taylor, T. |
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The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 2168, a bill for an act relating to the exceptions to the
requirement of holding a hearing in a dissolution of marriage action,
was taken up for consideration.
Boddicker of Cedar 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. 2168)
The ayes were, 93:
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Alons | Arnold | Barry | Baudler |
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Bell | Blodgett | Boal | Boddicker |
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Boggess | Bradley | Brauns | Brunkhorst |
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Bukta | Carroll | Cataldo | Chiodo |
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Cohoon | Connors | Cormack | Davis |
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Dix | Doderer | Dolecheck | Dotzler |
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Drake | Drees | Eddie | Falck |
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Fallon | Foege | Ford | Frevert |
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Garman | Gipp | Greimann | Grundberg |
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Hahn | Hansen | Hoffman | Holmes |
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Holveck | Horbach | Huseman | Huser |
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Jacobs | Jager | Jenkins | Jochum |
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Johnson | Kettering | Klemme | Kreiman |
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Kuhn | Larkin | Larson | Lord |
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Martin | Mascher | May | Mertz |
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Metcalf | Millage | Mundie | Murphy |
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Myers | O'Brien | Osterhaus | Parmenter |
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Raecker | Rants | Rayhons | Reynolds |
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Richardson | Scherrman | Schrader | Shey |
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Shoultz | Sunderbruch | Taylor, D. | Teig |
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Thomas | Thomson | Tyrrell | Van Engelenhoven |
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Van Fossen | Warnstadt | Weidman | Weigel |
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Welter | Whitead | Wise | Witt |
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Sukup, |
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Presiding |
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The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 7:
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Greiner | Heaton | Houser | Nelson-Forbes |
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Siegrist, Spkr. | Stevens | Taylor, T. |
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The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 2173, a bill for an act providing for inheritance by
great-grandparents, great-aunts and uncles, and second cousins of
intestate decedents, 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. 2173)
The ayes were, 92:
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Alons | Arnold | Barry | Baudler |
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Bell | Blodgett | Boal | Boddicker |
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Boggess | Bradley | Brauns | Brunkhorst |
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Bukta | Carroll | Cataldo | Chiodo |
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Cohoon | Connors | Cormack | Davis |
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Dix | Doderer | Dolecheck | Dotzler |
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Drake | Drees | Eddie | Falck |
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Fallon | Foege | Ford | Frevert |
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Garman | Gipp | Greimann | Grundberg |
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Hahn | Hansen | Hoffman | Holmes |
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Holveck | Horbach | Huseman | Huser |
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Jacobs | Jager | Jenkins | Jochum |
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Johnson | Kettering | Klemme | Kreiman |
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Kuhn | Larkin | Lord | Martin |
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Mascher | May | Mertz | Metcalf |
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Millage | Mundie | Murphy | Myers |
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O'Brien | Osterhaus | Parmenter | Raecker |
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Rants | Rayhons | Reynolds | Richardson |
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Scherrman | Schrader | Shey | Shoultz |
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Sunderbruch | Taylor, D. | Teig | Thomas |
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Thomson | Tyrrell | Van Engelenhoven | Van Fossen |
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Warnstadt | Weidman | Weigel | Welter |
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Whitead | Wise | Witt | Sukup, |
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| | | Presiding |
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The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 8:
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Greiner | Heaton | Houser | Larson |
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Nelson-Forbes | Siegrist, Spkr. | Stevens | Taylor, T. |
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The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGES
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House
Files 2146, 2168, 2173 and House Concurrent Resolutions 106
and 108.
EXPLANATIONS OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Monday,
February 14, 2000. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on
House File 2146.
RAECKER of Polk
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on February 14,
2000. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House Files
2146, 2168, 2173 and House Concurrent Resolutions 106 and 108.
STEVENS of Dickinson
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
The following communication was received and filed in the office of
the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
A report on the implementation of out-of-state travel reductions, pursuant to House
File 2039.
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\267 Fred and Alma Lewis, Ottumwa - For celebrating their 67th wedding
anniversary.
2000\268 Henry and Ardes Gruwell, Ottumwa - For celebrating their 62nd
wedding anniversary.
2000\269 Burdette and Ardis Grieme, Galva - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.
2000\270 Donald and Mary Jan Ausborn, Lytton - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2000\271 Jim Stille, Alta - For celebrating his 80th birthday.
2000\272 Phyllis Brotherson, Lake View - For celebrating her 82nd birthday.
2000\273 Willis and Bernice Grundmeyer, Lamont - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2000\274 Dick and Kay Gaffney, Independence - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2000\275 Kenneth and Leone Dopp, Oelwein - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.
2000\276 Gladys Palmer, Corning - For celebrating her 95th birthday.
2000\277 Mabel Vawter, Shenandoah - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2000\278 Ethel Dellinger, Nodaway - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2000\279 Raymond Spring, Nodaway - For celebrating his 90th birthday.
2000\280 Don and Mary Jean Arndorfer, Bancroft - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2000\281 Clay Kramer, Waukon - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the
highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
2000\282 Vern and Norma Poehlein, Solon - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 2189
Education: Nelson-Forbes, Chair; Boal and Cohoon.
House File 2211
Agriculture: Mertz, Chair; Klemme and Teig.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 660
Transportation: Johnson, Chair; Drees, May, Rayhons and Welter.
House Study Bill 661
Natural Resources: Rayhons, Chair; Baudler and Scherrman.
House Study Bill 663
Judiciary: Shey, Chair; Holveck and Kettering.
House Study Bill 664
Judiciary: Kettering, Chair; Parmenter and Shey.
House Study Bill 665
Judiciary: Davis, Chair; Baudler and Parmenter.
House Study Bill 667
Transportation: Eddie, Chair; May and Welter.
House Study Bill 669
Ways and Means: Jager, Chair; Blodgett and Osterhaus.
House Study Bill 670
State Government: Gipp, Chair; Arnold, Chiodo, Jager, Jochum, O'Brien and Van
Engelenhoven.
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
House File 2197, a bill for an act relating to the determination of fair value of the
shares of dissenting shareholders of a bank or bank holding company.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 10, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 513), relating to alternate methods of
providing proof of motor vehicle financial responsibility and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 10, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 641), relating to land restoration
requirements for interstate natural gas pipeline construction projects.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 10, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 530), relating to state criminal
jurisdiction and to the crimes of escape and absence from custody.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Do Pass February 10, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 558), relating to the criminal
penalties for possession of a controlled substance.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Do Pass February 10, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 561), relating to actions on certain
older claims to real estate.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 10, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 593), relating to the regulation of
controlled substances and precursors to controlled substances.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 10, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
House File 2121, a bill for an act increasing the fine for certain motor vehicle
violations relating to railroad crossings.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8029 February 10,
2000.
RESOLUTIONS FILED
HCR 110, by committee on agriculture, a concurrent resolution to
request that the Congress of the United States maintain its
commitment to clean air and the ethanol industry, by maintaining
the oxygenate requirement in the federal Clean Air Act that promotes
the use of ethanol in reformulated gasoline, and urging the United
States Environmental Protection Agency to resist California's
attempt to waive the oxygenate requirement in that state.
Laid over under Rule 25.
SCR 103, by Kibbie, a concurrent resolution relating to the
observation of the decade of the bone and joint.
Laid over under Rule 25.
AMENDMENT FILED
H-8029 H.F. 2121 Committee on Transportation
On motion by Rants of Woodbury the House adjourned at 1:46
p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Tuesday, February 15, 2000.
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