House Journal: Page 427: Wednesday, February 26, 2003
On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek, the House was recessed at 1:04
p.m., until 5:00 p.m.
EVENING SESSION
The House reconvened at 5:00 p.m., Speaker Rants in the chair.
QUORUM CALL
A non-record roll call was requested to determine that a quorum
was present. The vote revealed eighty-five members present, fifteen
absent.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 206, a bill for an act increasing the child age
applicable to mandatory reporting of suspected child sexual abuse
perpetrated by a person other than the person responsible for the
care of the child, was taken up for consideration.
Murphy of Dubuque offered amendment H-1019 filed by him and
McCarthy of Polk as follows:
H-1019
1 Amend House File 206 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 13 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. . Section 232.69, subsection 1, paragraph
5 b, Code 2003, is amended by adding the following new
6 subparagraph:
7 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (13) A member of the clergy.
8 However, if the belief that a child has suffered abuse
9 arises from information obtained only during a
10 penitential communication, the clergy member is not
11 subject to the requirement to make the report. This
12 subparagraph shall not be construed to modify or limit
13 a clergy member's duty to report the belief that a
14 child has been abused when the clergy member is acting
15 in some other capacity that would otherwise make the
16 clergy member a mandatory reporter of abuse. For the
17 purposes of this subparagraph, unless the context
18 otherwise requires:
19 (a) "Clergy member" or "member of the clergy"
20 means an individual who is designated as clergy by
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