House Journal: Monday, February 21, 2000
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE
Forty-third Calendar Day - Twenty-seventh Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, February 21, 2000
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 1:06 p.m., Speaker
Siegrist in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Tim Nappe, pastor of the First
Lutheran Church, Milford.
The Journal of Thursday, February 17, 2000 was approved.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the Linn-Mar SODA Group
(Students O.K. Without Drugs and Alcohol) from Linn-Mar High
School, Marion.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Wise of Lee on request of Cohoon of Des Moines.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2351, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act relating to a sales and use tax exemption for the sales of clothing
and footwear for a limited time period annually and including an
effective date.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
House File 2352, by Dotzler, T. Taylor, Mertz, Reynolds, Frevert,
Stevens, Shoultz, Mascher, Foege, Jochum, Richardson, Myers,
Huser, Whitead, Bukta, Falck, Osterhaus, Mundie, Bell, D. Taylor,
O'Brien, May, Cataldo, Ford, Holveck, Witt, Fallon, Parmenter,
Chiodo, Greimann, Connors, Murphy, Doderer, Cohoon, and
Schrader, a bill for an act providing that employees should be paid
based on comparable worth and making penalties applicable.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and
industrial relations.
House File 2353, by Teig, a bill for an act limiting the liability of
rural water districts in connection with the provision of water for fire
protection.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 2354, by Baudler, a bill for an act relating to
residency and other requirements of brood mares producing Iowa-
foaled race horses.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 2355, by Kreiman, a bill for an act relating to
licensure of an out-of-state applicant by the board of educational
examiners.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2356, by Huser, a bill for an act relating to
revocations of driver's licenses for an operating while intoxicated
offense.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2357, by Frevert, a bill for an act relating to the
control of pseudorabies, making penalties applicable, and providing
an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 2358, by committee on commerce and regulation, a
bill for an act relating to the administration and enforcement of
provisions regulating invention developers, by providing registration
requirements, fees, for the establishment of a fund, for the
appropriation of moneys in that fund, making penalties applicable,
and providing effective dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2359, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act relating to leaves of absence for county employees subject to civil
service who are candidates for elective office and providing an
effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2360, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act relating to the administration of state government, including
state purchasing and capitol complex issues, extending the time
period for use of an appropriation, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2361, by committee on education, a bill for an act
relating to the duration of the additional weighting provided for
limited English proficient students.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 2362, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the establishment of a domestic abuse death review team
and providing a penalty.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
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
February 17, 2000, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is
asked:
Senate File 2147, a bill for an act relating to motor vehicles, including motor vehicle
enforcement, titling, and registration, the renewal of certain licenses related to selling
vehicles, and motor carrier regulation, making penalties applicable, and providing
effective dates.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED
Senate File 2147, by committee on transportation, a bill for an
act relating to motor vehicles, including motor vehicle enforcement,
titling, and registration, the renewal of certain licenses related to
selling vehicles, and motor carrier regulation, making penalties
applicable, and providing effective dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 2218, a bill for an act creating a county and state
mutual insurance guaranty association and providing penalties, was
taken up for consideration.
Hoffman of Crawford 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. 2218)
The ayes were, 95:
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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 | Greiner |
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Grundberg | Hahn | Hansen | Heaton |
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Hoffman | Holmes | Holveck | Houser |
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Huseman | Huser | Jacobs | Jenkins |
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Jochum | Johnson | Kettering | Klemme |
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Kreiman | Kuhn | Larkin | Larson |
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Lord | Martin | Mascher | May |
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Mertz | Metcalf | Millage | Mundie |
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Murphy | Myers | O'Brien | Osterhaus |
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Parmenter | Raecker | Rants | Rayhons |
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Reynolds | Richardson | Scherrman | Shey |
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Shoultz | Stevens | Sukup | Sunderbruch |
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Taylor, D. | Taylor, T. | 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 | Witt | Mr. Speaker |
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| | Siegrist |
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The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 5:
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Horbach | Jager | Nelson-Forbes | Schrader |
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Wise |
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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 2220, a bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of
internet protocol numbers associated with public information
requests, was taken up for consideration.
Jacobs of Polk 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. 2220)
The ayes were, 94:
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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 | Greiner |
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Grundberg | Hahn | Hansen | Heaton |
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Hoffman | Holmes | Holveck | Houser |
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Huseman | Huser | Jacobs | Jenkins |
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Jochum | Johnson | Kettering | Klemme |
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Kreiman | Kuhn | Larkin | Larson |
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Lord | Martin | Mascher | May |
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Mertz | Metcalf | Millage | Mundie |
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Murphy | Myers | O'Brien | Osterhaus |
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Parmenter | Raecker | Rants | Rayhons |
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Reynolds | Richardson | Scherrman | Shey |
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Shoultz | Stevens | Sukup | Sunderbruch |
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Taylor, D. | Taylor, T. | Teig | Thomas |
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Thomson | Tyrrell | Van Engelenhoven | Van Fossen |
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Weidman | Weigel | Welter | Whitead |
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Witt | Mr. Speaker |
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| Siegrist |
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The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 6:
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Horbach | Jager | Nelson-Forbes | Schrader |
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Warnstadt Wise
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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 2218 and 2220.
SPONSOR ADDED
Davis of Wapello requested to be added as a sponsor of House Files
2337, 2342 and 2345.
SPONSOR WITHDRAWN
(House File 2326)
Frevert of Palo Alto requested to be withdrawn as a sponsor of
House File 2326.
BILL ENROLLED, SIGNED AND SENT TO GOVERNOR
The Chief Clerk of the House submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports that the
following bill has been examined and found correctly enrolled, signed by the
Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate, and presented to the
Governor for his approval on this 21st day of February, 2000: House File 2106.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Report adopted.
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED
The following communications were received and filed in the office
of the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP
The Iowa Watershed Protection Program Interim Report, pursuant to Chapter 204,
1999 Acts of the Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
The Inmate Hard Labor Work programs, pursuant to Chapter 202, 1999 Acts of the
Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
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\311 Mildred O. Lundberg Bullock, Ottumwa - For celebrating her 100th
birthday.
2000\312 Mary Chickering, Ottumwa - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2000\313 Kathleen Nelson, Ottumwa - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2000\314 William L. Long, Ottumwa - For celebrating his 83rd birthday.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 427
Judiciary: Davis, Chair; Holveck and Jager.
House File 2156
Education: Thomson, Chair; Boal and Thomas.
House File 2207
Judiciary: Ford, Chair; Shey and Sunderbruch.
House File 2262
Judiciary: Boddicker, Chair; Parmenter and Thomson.
House File 2264
Judiciary: Jager, Chair; Parmenter and Sunderbruch.
House File 2266
Judiciary: Kettering, Chair; Raecker and Shoultz.
House File 2271
Judiciary: Kettering, Chair; Parmenter and Shey.
House File 2277
Agriculture: Mertz, Chair; Rayhons and Welter.
House File 2287
Judiciary: Ford, Chair; Shey and Sunderbruch.
House File 2303
Transportation: Thomas, Chair; Eddie and Larkin.
House File 2305
Transportation: Arnold, Chair; Cohoon and Eddie.
House File 2318
Environmental Protection: Drake, Chair; Gipp and Greimann.
House File 2339
Education: Foege, Chair; Boal and Boddicker.
House File 2341
Local Government: Brauns, Chair; Hahn and Richardson.
House File 2350
Transportation: Warnstadt, Chair; Garman and Weidman.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 615
Natural Resources: Baudler, Chair; May and Sunderbruch.
House Study Bill 657 Reassigned
Local Government: Mundie, Chair; Eddie and Van Engelenhoven.
House Study Bill 662
Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Carroll and Foege.
House Study Bill 676
Education: Hansen, Chair; Boal and Wise.
House Study Bill 680
Education: Eddie, Chair; Falck and Lord.
House Study Bill 691
Education: Dolecheck, Chair; Bukta and Shey.
House Study Bill 694
Judiciary: Baudler, Chair; Bell and Davis.
House Study Bill 700
Natural Resources: Brauns, Chair; Bell and Sunderbruch.
House Study Bill 704
Environmental Protection: Hahn, Chair; Bradley and Witt.
House Study Bill 705
Environmental Protection: Alons, Chair; Kettering and Richardson.
House Study Bill 706
Environmental Protection: Brunkhorst, Chair; Drake and Richardson.
House Study Bill 710
Judiciary: Sunderbruch, Chair; Bell and Kettering.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 711 Judiciary
Relating to the blood alcohol concentration level for operating while
intoxicated offenses that result in personal or property injury.
H.S.B. 712 Judiciary
Relating to cigarettes and tobacco products and providing penalties.
H.S.B. 713 Judiciary
Relating to the jurisdiction of the state over and the incarceration of
criminal law offenders.
H.S.B. 714 Judiciary
Relating to the liability for unpaid rates or charges of city utility or
enterprise service.
H.S.B. 715 Judiciary
Relating to the office of the state public defender including indigent
defense costs and the appropriation of indigent defense funds.
H.S.B. 716 Natural Resources
Relating to the allocation of funds within the soil and water
enhancement account of the resource enhancement and protection
fund.
H.S.B. 717 Education
Repealing a provision authorizing the raising of an additional
enrichment amount to fund asbestos removal projects.
H.S.B. 718 Local Government
Requesting that the Legislative Council create a legislative mental
health and developmental disability services restructuring task force.
H.S.B. 719 Local Government
Relating to voter approval of capital improvements proposed by a
county without incurring indebtedness.
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 754, a bill for an act relating to individual and group accident and
sickness insurance, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations,
and Medicare supplemental insurance policies, by mandating coverage for anesthesia
and certain hospital charges associated with the provision of dental care services.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8048 February 17,
2000.
House File 2041, a bill for an act prohibiting a person from using automatic
dialing-announcing device equipment in a manner that impedes or prevents the
function of caller identification.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 17, 2000.
House File 2148, a bill for an act prohibiting the use of a telephone listing that
misrepresents the name and location of a business and making penalties applicable.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 17, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2164), relating to the reversion to the Iowa
finance authority of unencumbered moneys received by certain nonprofit corporations
from the Iowa finance authority and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 17, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 592), relating to the issuance of
closing protection letters by the Iowa finance authority.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 17, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 668), relating to the allocation of the
state ceiling of federally tax-exempt private activity bonds by the governor's designee.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 17, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Senate File 292, a bill for an act providing for the designation of investigative
information possessed by the board of educational examiners as privileged and
confidential.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 21, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 691), relating to the college student
aid commission's membership, duties, and authority, and related federal employment
reports.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 21, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2203), providing for establishment of a
statewide organ donor registry and making an appropriation.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 17, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2244), relating to the creation of a
consolidated and comprehensive system of personal assistance services.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 17, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 611), relating to juvenile crime
prevention programs and youth development grant fund requirements and providing
an effective date.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Do Pass February 17, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 662), providing for access to certain
child abuse information by the governor and the general assembly, making penalties
and remedies applicable, and including an effective date and applicability provision.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 17, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 557), establishing a procedure for
ordering outpatient mental health treatment.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 17, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 597), providing for review of deaths of
children under the age of eighteen by the child death review team.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 17, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 601), relating to the establishment of
a domestic abuse death review team and providing a penalty.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Do Pass February 17, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 625), relating to parental and school
notification by law enforcement officers when a child under the age of eighteen drives
with a blood alcohol concentration at or above .02.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 17, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 659), relating to veterans preference
in public employment.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 17, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 660), relating to weight restrictions
on certain implements of husbandry and providing for a study.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 17, 2000.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-8044 H.F. 2293 Stevens of Dickinson
Witt of Black Hawk Weigel of Chickasaw
Falck of Fayette Greimann of Story
Frevert of Palo Alto Dotzler of Black Hawk
Thomas of Clayton Osterhaus of Jackson
Mertz of Kossuth D. Taylor of Linn
Mundie of Webster Parmenter of Story
Foege of Linn
H-8045 H.F. 2085 Welter of Jones
H-8046 H.F. 2292 Mascher of Johnson
H-8047 H.J.R. 2006 Doderer of Johnson
Myers of Johnson
Murphy of Dubuque
H-8048 H.F. 754 Committee on Commerce and
Regulation
On motion by Rants of Woodbury the House adjourned at 1:38
p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Tuesday, February 22, 2000.
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