House Journal: Thursday, March 16, 2000
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE
Sixty-seventh Calendar Day - Forty-fourth Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, March 16, 2000
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:50 a.m., Speaker pro
tempore Sukup in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Greg Stamm, pastor of the
Community Reformed Church, Clinton.
The Journal of Wednesday, March 15, 2000 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Carroll of Poweshiek and Speaker Siegrist, until their arrival, on request of Rants
of Woodbury.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY OBSERVANCE
Prior to the House convening, the Honorable Ed Fallon, state
representative from Polk County and his band performed Irish music
in the House chamber.
Miss Shamrock, Courtney Thu and Little Lassie, Heather Kline,
were introduced by Frevert of Palo Alto and escorted into the House
chamber.
Jenkins of Black Hawk introduced to the House, Maureen Boyd,
Liam Boyd and Larissa Crain who presented a gift to Senator Mary
Jackman of Ireland.
Connors of Polk, Boddicker of Cedar, Fallon of Polk, Garman of
Story, and O'Brien of Boone presented the Irish flag in the House
chamber. Mertz of Kossuth danced a traditional Irish jig and
Boddicker of Cedar sang "Danny Boy."
Presentation of Irish Dignitary
Frevert of Palo Alto presented to the House, Senator Mary
Jackman, M.C.C. (FG) member of the Irish Parliament from
Newtown Castletroy, Co. Limerick. Senator Jackman is a secondary
school teacher at Presentation Convent Secondary School in Sexton
St. Limerick. She is currently a member of the Governing Authority
of the University of Limerick, Castletroy, Co. Limerick. Senator
Jackman is a member of the Fine Gael Party; member of Limerick
County Council since 1985 and chairperson of the Council for the year
1998/99 on the Centenary Year of the formation of Local Government
in Ireland. She was accompanied by her husband Nicholas, and is the
honored guest of the Fortieth Annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration in
Emmetsburg.
Frevert of Palo Alto and Jenkins of Black Hawk escorted Senator
Jackman to the Speaker's station where she addressed the House
briefly about the economy of Ireland.
The House rose and expressed its welcome.
Mertz of Kossuth presented to the House the "Irish Stepperettes,"
dancers who performed authentic Irish dances in the House chamber.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
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, with report of committee
recommending passage, was taken up for consideration.
Raecker 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. 2148)
The ayes were, 97:
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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 | Cataldo | Chiodo | Cohoon |
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Connors | Cormack | Davis | Dix |
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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 | Greimann | Greiner | Grundberg |
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Hahn | Hansen | Heaton | Hoffman |
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Holmes | Holveck | Horbach | Houser |
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Huseman | Huser | Jacobs | Jager |
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Jenkins | Jochum | Johnson | Kettering |
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Klemme | Kreiman | Kuhn | Larkin |
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Larson | Lord | Martin | Mascher |
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May | Mertz | Metcalf | Millage |
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Mundie | Murphy | Myers | Nelson-Forbes |
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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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Stevens | Sunderbruch | Taylor, T. | 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, 3:
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Carroll | Siegrist, Spkr. | Taylor, D. |
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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 2427, a bill for an act to increase the criminal
penalties for an assault on members of certain occupations, was taken
up for consideration.
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
House File 2427 be deferred and that the bill retain its place on the
calendar.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
House File 2148 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
House File 2162, a bill for an act relating to the development of a
methodology to be used for reimbursement of psychiatric medical
institutions for children under the medical assistance program, with
report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for
consideration.
Grundberg 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. 2162)
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 | Brauns | Brunkhorst | Bukta |
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Cataldo | Chiodo | Cohoon | Connors |
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Cormack | Davis | Dix | Doderer |
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Dolecheck | Dotzler | Drake | Drees |
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Eddie | Falck | Fallon | Foege |
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Ford | Frevert | Garman | Gipp |
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Greimann | Greiner | Grundberg | Hahn |
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Hansen | Heaton | Hoffman | Holmes |
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Holveck | Horbach | Houser | Huseman |
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Huser | Jacobs | 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 | Raecker | Rants | Rayhons |
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Reynolds | Richardson | Scherrman | Shey |
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Shoultz | Stevens | Sunderbruch | Taylor, T. |
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Teig | Thomas | Thomson | Tyrrell |
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Van Engelenhoven | Van Fossen | Warnstadt | Weidman |
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Weigel | Welter | Whitead | Wise |
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Witt | Sukup, |
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| Presiding |
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The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 6:
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Bradley | Carroll | Jager | Schrader |
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Siegrist, Spkr. | Taylor, D |
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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 2439, a bill for an act relating to motor vehicle
regulation and making penalties applicable, was taken up for
consideration.
Blodgett of Cerro Gordo offered the following amendment H-8249
filed by him and T. Taylor of Linn and moved its adoption:
H-8249
1 Amend House File 2439 as follows:
2 1. Page 3, by inserting after line 18 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. ___. Section 327F.39, Code 1999, is amended
5 by adding the following new subsection:
6 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. HOURS OF SERVICE FOR DRIVERS.
7 The director shall adopt rules relating to the maximum
8 number of hours of service which can be provided by
9 persons providing transportation for railroad workers
10 to and from their places of employment or during the
11 course of their employment."
12 2. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
13 words "relating to" the following: "transportation,
14 including hours of service for persons providing
15 transportation for railroad employees and".
16 3. By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-8249 was adopted, placing amendment H-8362 filed
by T. Taylor of Linn on March 15, 2000, out of order.
Blodgett of Cerro Gordo 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. 2439)
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 | Brauns | Brunkhorst | Bukta |
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Cataldo | Chiodo | Cohoon | Connors |
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Cormack | Davis | Dix | Doderer |
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Dolecheck | Dotzler | Drake | Drees |
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Eddie | Falck | Fallon | Foege |
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Ford | Frevert | Garman | Gipp |
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Greimann | Greiner | Grundberg | Hahn |
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Hansen | Heaton | Hoffman | Holmes |
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Holveck | Horbach | Houser | Huseman |
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Huser | Jacobs | Jager | 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 | Nelson-Forbes | O'Brien |
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Osterhaus | Parmenter | Raecker | Rants |
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Rayhons | Reynolds | Richardson | Scherrman |
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Schrader | Shey | Shoultz | Stevens |
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Sunderbruch | 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 | Wise | Witt | Sukup, |
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| | | Presiding |
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The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 4:
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Bradley | Carroll | Siegrist, Spkr. | Taylor, D. |
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The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the House and the title, as amended, 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 2162 and 2439.
House File 2314, a bill for an act relating to the accumulation of
credit upon an inmate's sentence for Iowa inmates incarcerated in
another jurisdiction, was taken up for consideration.
SENATE FILE 2246 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 2314
Ford of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to substitute
Senate File 2246 for House File 2314, placing amendment H-8375
filed by Parmenter of Story on March 15, 2000, out of order.
Senate File 2246, a bill for an act relating to the accumulation of
credit upon an inmate's sentence for Iowa inmates incarcerated in
another jurisdiction, was taken up for consideration.
Parmenter of Story offered amendment H-8376 filed by him as
follows:
H-8376
1 Amend Senate File 2246, as passed by the Senate, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, line 6, by striking the word "shall"
4 and inserting the following: "may".
5 2. Page 1, line 9, by inserting after the word
6 "jurisdiction" the following: "if ordered by the
7 court at the time of the inmate's sentencing".
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
Senate File 2246 be deferred and that the bill be placed on the
unfinished business calendar. (Amendment H-8376 pending)
House File 2394, a bill for an act to eliminate the regulation of
frozen food locker plants by the department of agriculture and land
stewardship, was taken up for consideration.
Boggess of Page 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. 2394)
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 | Brauns | Brunkhorst | Bukta |
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Cataldo | Chiodo | Cohoon | Connors |
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Cormack | Davis | Dix | Doderer |
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Dolecheck | Dotzler | Drake | Drees |
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Eddie | Falck | Fallon | Foege |
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Ford | Frevert | Garman | Gipp |
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Greimann | Greiner | Grundberg | Hahn |
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Hansen | Heaton | Hoffman | Holmes |
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Holveck | Horbach | Houser | Huseman |
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Huser | Jacobs | Jager | 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 | Nelson-Forbes | O'Brien |
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Osterhaus | Parmenter | Raecker | Rants |
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Rayhons | Reynolds | Richardson | Scherrman |
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Schrader | Shey | Shoultz | Stevens |
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Sunderbruch | 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 | Wise | Witt | Sukup, |
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| | | Presiding |
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The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 4:
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Bradley | Carroll | Siegrist, Spkr. | Taylor, D. |
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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 2394 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
RULES SUSPENDED
Rants of Woodbury asked for unanimous consent to suspend the
rules to consider House File 2545.
Objection was raised.
Rants of Woodbury moved to suspend the rules for the immediate
consideration of House File 2545.
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 51, nays 40.
The motion to suspend the rules prevailed.
Appropriations Calendar
House File 2545, a bill for an act relating to and making
appropriations to certain state departments, agencies, funds, and
certain other entities, providing for regulatory authority, and other
properly related matters, was taken up for consideration.
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
House File 2545 be deferred and that the bill be placed on the
unfinished business calendar.
HOUSE FILES PLACED ON THE
UNFINISHED BUSINESS CALENDAR
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
the following House Files and joint resolutions be placed on the
unfinished business calendar:
House Joint Resolution 2006 House File 2457
House Joint Resolution 2010 House File 2459
House File 2121 House File 2460
House File 2197 House File 2478
House File 2219 House File 2479
House File 2249 House File 2490
House File 2325 House File 2530
House File 2373 House File 2533
House File 2379 House File 2534
House File 2386 House File 2535
House File 2390 House File 2538
House File 2418 House File 2539
House File 2428 House File 2540
House File 2432 House File 2541
House File 2443 House File 2542
House File 2453 House File 2543
EXPLANATIONS OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 15,
2000. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House Files
2229, 2317, 2388, 2429, 2438, 2485 and Senate Files 2147 and 2254.
JAGER of Black Hawk
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 14,
2000. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House Files
2027, 2206, 2254, 2292, 2327, 2329, 2366, 2391, 2461, 2463, 2480,
2486, 2494, 2510, 2511, 2514, 2518 and "nay" on House Files 2368
and 2376.
STEVENS of Dickinson
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
The following communication was received and filed in the office of
the Chief Clerk:
IOWA NATIONAL GUARD
The 1999 Legislative ICN Savings Report, pursuant to Chapter 8D.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\566 Anna Reimer, Waterloo - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2000\567 Leona Hubbard, Waterloo - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2000\568 Patricia and William Strelow, Waterloo - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Senate File 2010
Agriculture: Teig, Chair; Drake and Mundie.
Senate File 2203
Commerce and Regulation: Hoffman, Chair; Chiodo and Jenkins.
Senate File 2318
(Committee of the Whole)
Education: Grundberg, Chair; Boal, Boddicker, Brunkhorst, Bukta, Carroll, Cohoon,
Dolecheck, Eddie, Falck, Foege, Hansen, Kreiman, Lord, Mascher, Nelson-Forbes,
Shey, Stevens, Sunderbruch, Thomas, Thomson, Warnstadt and Wise.
Senate File 2332
Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Carroll and Foege.
Senate File 2364
Local Government: Alons, Chair; Connors and Weidman.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 760
Ways and Means: Sukup, Chair; Larson and Richardson.
House Study Bill 768
Ways and Means: Larson, Chair; Sukup and Weigel.
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
Senate File 2010, a bill for an act relating to the traditional livestock producer's
linked investment loan program by modifying eligibility requirements.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 16, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Senate File 2274, a bill for an act declaring null and void gubernatorial executive
orders relating to equal opportunity and affirmative action in state employment and
uniform procedures for the waiver of administrative rules and providing an effective
date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 16, 2000.
Senate File 2366, a bill for an act relating to the purchase, possession, and sale of
cigarettes and tobacco products and providing penalties.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 16, 2000.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-8385 H.F. 2538 Greimann of Story
Bukta of Clinton
Frevert of Palo Alto
Stevens of Dickinson
H-8386 H.F. 2538 Murphy of Dubuque
H-8387 H.F. 2427 Dolecheck of Ringgold
H-8388 S.F. 2111 Frevert of Palo Alto
H-8389 H.F. 2538 T. Taylor of Linn
H-8390 H.F. 2545 Murphy of Dubuque
H-8391 S.F. 324 Jager of Black Hawk
Cormack of Webster Heaton of Henry
Weigel of Chickasaw Mertz of Kossuth
O'Brien of Boone
H-8392 H.F. 2545 Murphy of Dubuque
H-8393 H.F. 2545 Murphy of Dubuque
H-8394 H.F. 2545 O'Brien of Boone
On motion by Rants of Woodbury the House adjourned at 10:45
a.m., until 9:30 a.m., Friday, March 17, 2000.
Correction to Journal of March 15, 2000
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