House Journal: Wednesday, February 23, 2000
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE
Forty-fifth Calendar Day - Twenty-ninth Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, February 23, 2000
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:54 a.m., Jacobs of
Polk in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Steve Hansen, pastor of the First
United Methodist Church, Cedar Falls.
The Journal of Tuesday, February 22, 2000 was approved.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2385, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act providing for establishment of a statewide organ and tissue donor
registry.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2386, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act relating to the duties of divisions within the department of
inspections and appeals and codifying the establishment and duties of
the existing health facilities division.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2387, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act relating to the use and dissemination of social security numbers
by government bodies and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2388, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of the juvenile court and the
district court relating to modification of child custody and support
orders.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2389, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to visitation rights of parents who have been convicted of
certain crimes.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2390, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to juvenile court jurisdiction and the prosecution of juveniles
in juvenile and district court.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2391, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
establishing a criminal offense relating to theft detection shielding
devices and theft detection devices and providing a penalty.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2392, by committee on economic development, a bill
for an act creating a community attraction and tourism development
commission and relating to the administration of community
attraction and tourism development program.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2393, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to the certification of persons as confinement site manure
applicators, providing for fees, and making penalties applicable.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2394, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act to
eliminate the regulation of frozen food locker plants by the
department of agriculture and land stewardship.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2395, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to the powers and duties of county officers with respect to
county warrants.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2396, by committee on commerce and regulation, a
bill for an act relating to security interests in farm products,
providing for fees, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2397, by Schrader, a bill for an act providing for
supplementary weighting in determining enrollment in school
districts involved in district-to-district or district-to-community-
college sharing programs, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2398, by Metcalf, a bill for an act relating to the
determination of wages of certain corporations for purposes of
unemployment compensation.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2399, by Frevert, a bill for an act directing the state
department of transportation to adopt rules relating to distance signs
on primary interstate highways.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 2400, by Van Engelenhoven, a bill for an act relating
to sales and use taxes on construction materials and supplies used in
construction contracts for cities and counties.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2401, by Fallon, a bill for an act prohibiting an
insurance company from considering a person's credit history in
establishing rates for automobile liability coverage.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.
House File 2402, by Fallon, a bill for an act relating to dispensing
of prescription drug samples.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2403, by Shey, Sukup, Raecker, Larson, Eddie, Barry,
Sunderbruch, Jager, Johnson, Tyrrell, Baudler, Brauns, Boal,
Rayhons, Davis, and Alons, a bill for an act providing a tax credit
under the individual income tax for an individual who provides
household services and care for certain dependents and including a
retroactive applicability date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2404, by Nelson-Forbes, a bill for an act relating to
the criminal penalty for persons under legal age purchasing,
attempting to purchase, or possessing an alcoholic beverage.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2405, by Fallon, a bill for an act relating to the partial
financing of campaigns for state office from income tax revenues,
providing limitations on the amounts that candidates for state office
may expend on campaigns, providing for public matching funds for
state campaigns and a standing appropriation, providing penalties,
and providing effective dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 2406, by Shey, a bill for an act directing the
department of education to implement and establish criteria for
recognition of performance excellence exemplified by outstanding
comprehensive school improvement plans submitted by school
districts.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2407, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to domestic violence protective orders.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2408, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act relating to the establishment of a senior living program, including
the creation of a senior living trust fund, providing for the
development and provision of senior living program information and
electronic access, providing for a caregiver support and education
program, providing for a senior living insurance policy and incentives
study, providing for allocation of the moneys in the senior living trust
fund, making appropriations, and providing an effective date, and
providing for retroactive applicability.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
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 22, 2000, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is
asked:
Senate File 2052, a bill for an act relating to the value of property or services
obtained through the criminal offense of fraudulent use of a credit card.
Also: That the Senate has on February 22, 2000, passed the following bill in which
the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 2113, a bill for an act relating to the licensing of individuals engaged in
the healing art of massage therapy.
Also: That the Senate has on February 22, 2000, passed the following bill in which
the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 2193, a bill for an act relating to the establishment of a senior living
program, including the creation of a senior living trust fund, providing for the
development and provision of senior living program information and electronic access,
providing for a caregiver support and education program, providing for a senior living
insurance policy and incentives study, providing for allocation of the moneys in the
senior living trust fund, making appropriations, and providing an effective date, and
providing for retroactive applicability.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED
Senate File 2193, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act relating to the establishment of a senior living program, including
the creation of a senior living trust fund, providing for the
development and provision of senior living program information and
electronic access, providing for a caregiver support and education
program, providing for a senior living insurance policy and incentives
study, providing for allocation of the moneys in the senior living trust
fund, making appropriations, and providing an effective date, and
providing for retroactive applicability.
Read first time and passed on file.
CONSIDERATION OF BILL
Regular Calendar
House File 2328, a bill for an act eliminating the regulation of
certain dairy trade practices, was taken up for consideration.
Johnson of Osceola 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. 2328)
The ayes were, 96:
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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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Doderer | Dolecheck | Dotzler | Drake |
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Drees | Eddie | Falck | Fallon |
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Foege | Ford | Frevert | Garman |
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Gipp | Greiner | Grundberg | Hahn |
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Hansen | Heaton | Hoffman | Holmes |
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Holveck | Horbach | Houser | Huseman |
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Huser | 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 | Nelson-Forbes | O'Brien | Osterhaus |
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Parmenter | Rants | Rayhons | Reynolds |
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Richardson | Scherrman | Schrader | Shey |
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Shoultz | Siegrist, Spkr. | Stevens | Sukup |
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Sunderbruch | Taylor, D. | Taylor, T. | Teig |
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Thomas | Thomson | Tyrrell | Van Engelenhoven |
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Warnstadt | Weidman | Weigel | Welter |
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Whitead | Wise | Witt | Jacobs, |
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The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 4:
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Dix | Greimann | Raecker | Van Fossen |
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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 MESSAGE
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
House File 2328 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
RULE 57 SUSPENDED
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent to
suspend Rule 57, relating to committee notice and agenda for a
meeting of the committee on appropriations at 9:30 a.m. in the
Speaker's conference room to discuss House File 2408.
HOUSE FILE 2380 REFERRED
The Speaker announced that House File 2380, presently placed on
the calendar was referred to committee on appropriations.
EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on February 23,
2000. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House File
2328.
RAECKER of Polk
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present in
the House chamber:
Seven International Exchange students from Indianola High
School, Indianola, accompanied by Judy Dietrich and Roger Netsch.
By Richardson of Warren.
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\333 John Allen, Council Bluffs - For being awarded the Community
Improvement Award of the Year for Hy-Vee stores.
2000\334 John Allen, Council Bluffs - For being elected to the Hy-Vee Stores
Hall of Fame.
2000\335 Esther Andreae, Volga - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2000\336 Beulah and John Beadle, Williamson - For celebrating their 60th
wedding anniversary.
2000\337 Mary Jane Knobeloch, Ida Grove - For celebrating her 85th birthday.
2000\338 Irvin Smidt and Wilma Uren, Lake View - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2000\339 Clara Pierce, Lytton - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2000\340 Irma Tounget, Wall Lake - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2000\341 Edgar and Ella Dandy, Schaller - For celebrating their 70th wedding
anniversary.
2000\342 Harlan and Betty Wellendorf, Holstein - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2000\343 Harold and Edith Barkhoff, Sac City - For celebrating their 70th
wedding anniversary.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 18 Reassigned
Judiciary: Thomson, Chair; Doderer and Millage.
House File 522
Education: Carroll, Chair; Lord and Wise.
House File 2066 Reassigned
Transportation: Jager, Chair; Cohoon and Garman.
House File 2222
Transportation: Brauns, Chair; Chiodo and Johnson.
House File 2242 Reassigned
Local Government: Kuhn, Chair; Houser and Van Engelenhoven.
House File 2299
Local Government: Houser, Chair; Alons, Carroll, Huser, Kuhn, Richardson and Van
Engelenhoven.
House File 2380
Appropriations: Horbach, Chair; Heaton and Mertz.
House File 2399
Transportation: Heaton, Chair; Cohoon and Van Engelenhoven.
House File 2406
Education: Shey, Chair; Grundberg and Wise.
Senate File 2147
Transportation: Huser, Chair; Brauns and Welter.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 717
Education: Boal, Chair; Eddie and Falck.
House Study Bill 720
State Government: Martin, Chair; Jacobs and Larkin.
House Study Bill 721
Agriculture: Teig, Chair; Huseman and Scherrman.
House Study Bill 722
Agriculture: Klemme, Chair; Drake, Frevert, Horbach and Kuhn.
House Study Bill 723
Environmental Protection: Bradley, Chair; Gipp and Shoultz.
House Study Bill 724
Local Government: Richardson, Chair; Alons and Carroll.
House Study Bill 725
Judiciary: Sukup, Chair; Holveck and Millage.
House Study Bill 726
Judiciary: Kettering, Chair; Holveck and Shey.
House Study Bill 727
Judiciary: Raecker, Chair; Parmenter and Sunderbruch.
House Study Bill 728
Judiciary: Baudler, Chair; Davis and Ford.
House Study Bill 729
Judiciary: Thomson, Chair; Shoultz and Sukup.
House Study Bill 730
Judiciary: Baudler, Chair; Davis and Ford.
House Study Bill 731
Judiciary: Kettering, Chair; Parmenter and Shey.
House Study Bill 732
Judiciary: Shey, Chair; Kreiman and Larson.
House Study Bill 733
Judiciary: Baudler, Chair; Davis and Parmenter.
House Study Bill 734
Education: Boal, Chair; Mascher and Shey.
House Study Bill 735
Education: Lord, Chair; Eddie and Wise.
House Study Bill 736
Judiciary: Shey, Chair; Kettering and Parmenter.
House Study Bill 737
Economic Development: Teig, Chair; Hoffman and Weigel.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 738 Human Resources
Establishing a family investment program eligibility requirement of
participation in drug testing and compliance with a treatment plan.
H.S.B. 739 Agriculture
Providing for the production of life science products, and providing for
penalties.
H.S.B. 740 Education
Establishing a teacher compensation and performance task force.
H.S.B. 741 Judiciary
Relating to special security officers employed at state board of regents
institutions.
H.S.B. 742 Agriculture
Prohibiting the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether, eliminating a
conflicting provision, making penalties applicable, and providing an
effective date.
H.S.B. 743 Local Government
Relating to mental health and developmental disabilities service
funding and administrative provisions and providing an effective
date.
H.S.B. 744 Judiciary
Relating to probate law, including assessment of court costs, certain
notification provisions, certain distributions to minors, the effect of
dissolution of marriage on will provisions, and powers of attorney.
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 AGRICULTURE
House File 2277, a bill for an act relating to hunting preserves by eliminating
regulations applicable to certain animals classified as livestock.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 577), relating to sales tax exemptions
for equipment and electricity used in certain activities related to agriculture, providing
an effective date, and making provisions retroactively applicable.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 646), providing for the application of
compost material to land for use for the production of organic agricultural products.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
House File 2408, a bill for an act relating to the establishment of a senior living
program, including the creation of a senior living trust fund, providing for the
development and provision of senior living program information and electronic access,
providing for a caregiver support and education program, providing for a senior living
insurance policy and incentives study, providing for allocation of the moneys in the
senior living trust fund, making appropriations, and providing an effective date, and
providing for retroactive applicability.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8056 February 23,
2000.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2233), relating to funding of the local
housing assistance program.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2289), relating to aviation transportation
and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 695), creating an Iowa Lewis and
Clark bicentennial commission, an Iowa Lewis and Clark bicentennial fund, and
providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 696), creating a brownfield
redevelopment program and fund and a brownfield redevelopment advisory council.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 70), relating to the date on which the
regular school calendar may commence.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2156), relating to disclosure by a
postsecondary education institution of information regarding alcohol and controlled
substances violations to the parent or guardian of a student.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2180), relating to community college
governance.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2339), relating to the tuition and fees
charged by regents institutions, community colleges, and Iowa private colleges and
universities to certain persons who were placed in foster care or another out-of-home
placement.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 639), delaying the repeal of the school
finance formula.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 717), repealing a provision
authorizing the raising of an additional enrichment amount to fund asbestos removal
projects.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 681), extending a partial suspension
of permitting requirements of facilities that deal with hazardous waste.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 617), relating to communicable and
infectious diseases and providing penalties.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 427), relating to limitation of liability for
services performed by critical incident stress management teams.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 577), creating the criminal offense of assault
on a sports official and providing a penalty.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2036), to prohibit the possession or
consumption of alcoholic beverages in undergraduate dormitories and residence halls
at postsecondary educational institutions and to provide a civil penalty.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2130), establishing a criminal offense
related to drug paraphernalia.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2287), to increase the criminal penalties for
an assault on members of certain occupations.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 626), relating to knowledge of
limitations on authority of managers of limited liability companies by persons dealing
with such companies.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 665), changing the criminal penalties
relating to possession, manufacture, or delivery of amphetamines.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 692), relating to the statute of
limitations for filing a sexual abuse or sexual exploitation criminal indictment or
information.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 713), relating to the jurisdiction of the
state over and the incarceration of criminal law offenders.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 715), relating to the office of the state
public defender including indigent defense costs and the appropriation of indigent
defense funds.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 679), relating to workers'
compensation concerning service of notices on nonresident employers, the calculation of
weekly earnings, and the approval of related liens.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
House Joint Resolution 2007, a joint resolution to nullify administrative rules of
the Iowa empowerment board concerning Iowa empowerment grants and school ready
children grants and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 23, 2000.
House File 2161, a bill for an act relating to the creation of a water quality
district, providing for the levy of a tax, and providing for other properly related
matters.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Pursuant to Rule 31.7, House File 2161 was referred to the committee on
ways and means.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 575), relating to the loess hills
development and conservation authority by creating a hungry canyons alliance,
providing membership guidelines for the board of directors of the conservation
authority and loess hills alliance, and providing for the assistance of state agencies.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 698), relating to urban renewal and
urban revitalization and providing for the Act's applicability.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 699), relating to the publication and
recordkeeping duties of county officers by providing for the maintenance of permanent
records by electronic means and the determination of publication rates.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 718), requesting that the Legislative
Council create a legislative mental health and developmental disability services
restructuring task force.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 652), establishing a protocol for visitors to
the state capitol.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 510), relating to ethics and campaign
disclosure board procedures and to conflicts of interest of public officers and employees.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2282), relating to motor vehicle regulation
and making penalties applicable.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 549), relating to the use of lights by
vehicles on roadways and making penalties applicable.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 684), relating to motor vehicle
registration periods and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 685), relating to the use of blue lights
on authorized emergency vehicles.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 689), relating to transportation,
including procedures for highway projects, aircraft registration, and passenger rail
service, and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 2000.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-8055 H.F. 2008 Dotzler of Black Hawk
H-8056 H.F. 2408 Committee on Appropriations
H-8057 H.F. 2392 Dolecheck of Ringgold
H-8058 H.F. 2360 Ford of Polk
H-8059 H.F. 2147 Ford of Polk
On motion by Rants of Woodbury the House adjourned at 9:14
a.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, February 24, 2000.
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