House Journal: Friday, February 8, 2002
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE
Twenty-sixth Calendar Day - Eighteenth Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, February 8, 2002
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:17 a.m., Myers of
Johnson in the chair.
The Journal of Thursday, February 7, 2002 was approved.
PETITIONS FILED
The following petitions were received and placed on file:
By Alons of Sioux, from one hundred seventy-eight Iowans from
the Iowa Veterans Home favoring House File 2261, an act changing
the official title of the commandant of the Iowa Veterans Home.
By Foege of Linn, from two hundred forty-eight constituents
favoring retaining the bottle deposit and expanding the bill to include
all containers and to raise the deposit to ten cents.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House Joint Resolution 2004, by Fallon and Cormack, a joint
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State
of Iowa changing the legislative branch of state government to a
nonpartisan unicameral system.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House Joint Resolution 2005, by Schrader, a joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa to
change the length of term of office for members of the Iowa Senate
and the Iowa House of Representatives.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 2262, by Quirk, a bill for an act relating to state fire
marshal approval of certain building plan projects.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 2263, by Baudler, a bill for an act prohibiting false
compartments in vehicles for the purpose of intentionally concealing
or transporting controlled substances and providing for penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2264, by Boddicker, Hoversten, Tyrrell, Johnson,
Garman, Roberts, Rekow, Klemme, Tymeson, Eichhorn, Mertz,
Manternach, Quirk, Elgin, Boal, Wilderdyke, Horbach, Brunkhorst,
Sukup, Larson, Millage, De Boef, Gipp, Cormack, Huseman, Alons,
Boggess, Dix, Rants, Broers, Drake, Jones, Finch, Bradley, Hahn,
Dolecheck, Van Engelenhoven, Weidman, Baudler, Sievers, Carroll,
Rayhons, Kettering, Hoffman, Eddie, Heaton, Tremmel, Seng, and
Chiodo, a bill for an act relating to informed consent to an abortion
and providing a criminal penalty, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2265, by Mascher, a bill for an act increasing the fine
for failure to yield to a pedestrian.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 2266, by T. Taylor, a bill for an act eliminating certain
time limitations for recovery of benefits for an occupational disease.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and
industrial relations.
House File 2267, by Quirk, a bill for an act relating to
requirements for establishing a responsible bidder for public
improvements.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 2268, by Reynolds, Mertz, Dotzler, Stevens, Fallon,
Hatch, Mascher, Bukta, and D. Taylor, a bill for an act relating to
animal feeding operations by providing for investigations and
inspections by county boards of health.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 2269, by Huser and Horbach, a bill for an act relating
to a minimum township property tax levy for fire protection service
and emergency medical services and providing an applicability date.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2270, by Eichhorn, Weidman, Quirk, Mertz, De Boef,
Heaton, Rekow, Atteberry, Rayhons, Baudler, Jones, Brauns,
Van Engelenhoven, Kuhn, Huseman, Reeder, Drake, Johnson,
Roberts, Boddicker, and Wilderdyke, a bill for an act to maintain a
clerk of the district court in each county.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2271, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act creating a tax credit for investments in qualifying businesses and
community-based seed capital funds and including effective and
retroactive applicability date provisions.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
House File 2272, by Warnstadt, a bill for an act establishing a
pilot project to waive restrictions on placement of traffic devices
within cities.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 2273, by Kreiman, a bill for an act applying child in
need of assistance and domestic abuse assault provisions to a child
whose parent, guardian, or other member of the household in which
the child resides has committed domestic abuse assault in the child's
presence.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2274, by Eichhorn, Raecker, Richardson, Johnson,
Finch, Sievers, Brauns, Dix, Van Fossen, Sukup, Tymeson, Hoffman,
Hoversten, Boal, Jones, Larson, and Cormack, a bill for an act
establishing a biennial appropriations process and providing an
effective and applicability date.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 2275, by Larkin, a bill for an act prohibiting trains
from blocking private roads and driveways and providing a penalty.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 2276, by Eichhorn, Mertz, Heaton, Rekow, Atteberry,
Rayhons, Baudler, Jones, Brauns, Van Engelenhoven, Huseman,
Reeder, Drake, Johnson, Roberts, Boddicker, and Wilderdyke, a bill
for an act requiring the clerk of the district court in each county to be
open for court business on a uniform basis throughout the state.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2277, by Kreiman, a bill for an act relating to the
eligibility of persons to serve as trustees of a county public hospital.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 2278, by Eichhorn, Van Fossen, Sukup, Hoffman,
Tymeson, Sievers, Boal, Jones, Larson, Cormack, and Elgin, a bill for
an act requiring the budget submissions of state agencies to utilize a
zero-base approach.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 2279, by Larkin, a bill for an act providing retirement
benefits to correctional facility employees as a member of a protection
occupation under the Iowa public employees' retirement system.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 2280, by Schrader, a bill for an act delaying the
prospective repeal of the volunteer emergency services provider death
benefit and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 2281, by Bradley and Hatch, a bill for an act requiring
the licensure of landscape architects.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 2282, by Kreiman, a bill for an act relating to the
jurisdiction of district associate judges in civil actions for money
judgment.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2283, by Kreiman, a bill for an act relating to the
transmission of cautions regarding human immunodeficiency virus
information over radio-based communications systems.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
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 7, 2002, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is
asked:
Senate File 2103, a bill for an act relating to financial assistance for school
infrastructure pilot projects.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 638 State Government
Relating to access to third-party contracts involving government-
funded services.
H.S.B. 639 Judiciary
Relating to the revocation of a health-related professional license
based upon noncompliance with the requirements of a loan or
scholarship program.
AMENDMENT FILED
H-8042 H.F. 2201 Millage of Scott
On motion by Dotzler of Black Hawk the House adjourned at 9:24
a.m., until 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 12, 2002.
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