House Journal: Tuesday, January 14, 2003
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE
Second Calendar Day - Second Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, January 14, 2003
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:47 a.m., Speaker
Rants in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend John Epperson, pastor of the
Grinnell Christian Church, Grinnell. He was the guest of Speaker
pro tempore Danny Carroll of Poweshiek County.
The Journal of Monday, January 13, 2003 was approved.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE
Mr. Speaker: Your committee appointed to determine the mileage
each member is entitled to begs leave to submit the following report:
Name Round Trip Miles
Dwayne A. Alons 460
Richard D. Arnold 140
Clel E. Baudler 122
Paul A. Bell 66
Deborah L. Berry 260
Carmine R. Boal NONE
Daniel J. Boddicker 300.6
Effie Lee Boggess 270
Mary P. Bukta 400
Danny C. Carroll 104
Royd E. Chambers 440
Frank J. Chiodo NONE
Dennis M. Cohoon 322
John H. Connors NONE
Swati A. Dandekar 252
Mark P. Davitt 34
Betty R. De Boef 166
Ervin A. Dennis 220
William C. Dix 240
Cecil Dolecheck 180
Jack E. Drake 180
George S. Eichhorn 132
Jeffrey C. Elgin 262
Edward S. Fallon, Jr. NONE
Romaine H. Foege 270
Wayne W. Ford NONE
Mary Lou Freeman 320
Marcella R. Frevert 340
Mary A. Gaskill 180
Charles R. Gipp 400
Polly A. Granzow 140
Jane L. Greimann 70
Sandra H. Greiner 192
James F. Hahn 300
Brad L. Hansen 280
Myron Dell Hanson Jr. 40
David E. Heaton 284
Lisa K. Heddens 77
Clarence C. Hoffman 250
Robert M. Hogg 260
Lance J. Horbach 150
Daniel A. Huseman 330
Geri D. Huser NONE
Joseph I. Hutter 340
Elizabeth S. Jacobs NONE
G. Willard Jenkins 216
Mary Pamela Jochum 400
Gerald D. Jones 280
Ralph F. Klemme 440
Kent A. Kramer NONE
Mark A. Kuhn 280
James Kurtenbach 70
David H. Lalk 320
Victoria S. Lensing 240
Steven F. Lukan 348
James K. Lykam 330
O. Gene Maddox NONE
Eugene A. Manternach 345
Mary J. Mascher 240
Kevin M. McCarthy NONE
Dolores M. Mertz 262
Helen N. Miller 200
Patrick J. Murphy 400
Richard E. Myers 224
Joanne M. Oldson NONE
Donovan G. Olson 104
Steven N. Olson 360
Robert J. Osterhaus 364
Kraig M. Paulsen 250
Janet A. Petersen NONE
Brian J. Quirk 320
Jeffrey S. Raecker NONE
Christopher C. Rants 395
Daniel J. Rasmussen 280
Henry V. Rayhons 250
Michael J. Reasoner 150
Rodney A. Roberts 180
Thomas R. Sands 300
William P. Schickel 242
Donald L. Shoultz 220
Mark D. Smith 104
Gregory R. Stevens 400
Douglas L. Struyk 266
Robert Kurt Swaim 208
Richard D. Taylor 252
Todd E. Taylor 248
Roger D. Thomas 340
David A. Tjepkes 180
Jodi S. Tymeson 60
Linda L. Upmeyer 226
James L. Van Engelenhoven 92
James K. Van Fossen 340
James R. Van Fossen 340
Ralph C. Watts 44
Roger F. Wendt 400
John R. Whitaker 270
Wesley E. Whitead 402
Paul A. Wilderdyke 254
Cindy L. Winckler 334
Philip L. Wise 350
Respectfully submitted,
JODI S. TYMESON, Chair
ROYD E. CHAMBERS
GREGORY R. STEVENS
The House stood at ease at 8:53 a.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 9:54 a.m., Speaker Rants in the
chair.
INAUGURAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED
The Speaker announced the appointment of the following members
of the inaugural committee on the part of the House: Representatives
Raecker of Polk, J.R. Van Fossen of Scott, Granzow of Hardin,
Osterhaus of Jackson, Lensing of Johnson and Winckler of Scott.
COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE SENATE
De Boef moved that a committee of three be appointed to notify the
Senate that the House was ready to receive it in joint convention.
The motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed as such the
following committee: De Boef of Keokuk, Sands of Louisa and Gaskill
of Wapello.
The House stood at ease at 9:55 a.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 9:58 a.m., Speaker Rants in the
chair.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE SENATE
De Boef of Keokuk, chair of the committee to notify the Senate that
the House was ready to receive it in joint convention, reported that it
had performed its duty.
The report was accepted and the committee discharged.
The Sergeant-at-Arms announced the arrival of the President of
the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate and the honorable body of the
Senate.
The President was escorted to the Speaker's station, the Secretary
to the Chief Clerk's desk and the members of the Senate were seated
in the House chamber.
JOINT CONVENTION
In accordance with law and House Concurrent Resolution 1, duly
adopted, the joint convention was called to order, President Kramer
presiding.
Senator Iverson of Wright moved that the roll call be dispensed
with and that the President of the joint convention be authorized to
declare a quorum present.
The motion prevailed.
President Kramer announced a quorum present and the joint
convention duly organized.
Senator Iverson of Wright moved that a committee of six,
consisting of three members from the Senate and three members from
the House of Representatives, be appointed to notify Governor
Thomas J. Vilsack that the joint convention was ready to receive him.
The motion prevailed and the President appointed as such
committee Senators Gaskill of Hancock, Putney of Tama, and Holveck
of Polk, on the part of the Senate, and Representatives Jenkins of
Black Hawk, Lukan of Dubuque and Oldson of Polk, on the part of
the House.
The Supreme Court Justice, the Justices of the Supreme Court and
the Judges of the Court of Appeals were escorted into the House
chamber.
Secretary of State, Chester J. Culver; Secretary of Agriculture and
Land Stewardship, Patty Judge; State Auditor, David Vaudt and
Attorney General Tom Miller were escorted into the House chamber.
Lieutenant Governor Sally Pederson was escorted into the House
chamber.
Mrs. Christie Vilsack, wife of the Governor, was escorted into the
House chamber.
The committee waited upon Governor Thomas J. Vilsack and
escorted him to the Speaker's station.
President Kramer presented Governor Thomas J. Vilsack who
delivered the following condition of the state and budget message:
Thank you Madam President. Thank you Mr. Speaker, members of the General
Assembly, and our Supreme Court, distinguished guests, and my fellow Iowans.
We are blessed, in troubled times and in a troubled world, to live in a special place.
A special place of shared values - a place where we celebrate family and community.
Where we cherish learning and good health, value hard work and self-reliance. And
love our land, our air and our water. To remain that special place, we must nurture
hope and opportunity. For if we remain content with the Iowa of today, we will surely
compromise the Iowa of tomorrow.
With our strong values, no Iowan should be satisfied if bright Iowans leave,
believing there is no meaningful opportunity here; for if Iowans can’t find or afford
healthcare services; if Iowans are prevented from enjoying the outdoors because our
rivers and streams are polluted. Sadly, this is happening in our state today.
But my fellow Iowans we should, and we must do better. Iowans must respond to
the challenge by embracing and directing change. I am confident we are up to the
challenge; but state government should not approach this challenge alone.
The primary responsibility for effecting change will rightfully be with the private
and nonprofit sectors. State government’s role is to act as a catalyst for change and
remove barriers to progress. To fulfill that responsibility we must act now and we
must act boldly.
The state budget complicates our task. The work begun two years ago to align
revenues with expenditures must continue. Our law requires a balanced budget and
we will have a balanced budget. But while complicated, the task is not impossible.
I want to acknowledge the hard work of the previous legislature. Tough unpopular
choices had to be made but those choices create options today that most states do not
enjoy. Few states enjoyed surpluses last year or will this year. Fewer still were able to
reduce the size of government while increasing the commitment to K-12, expanding
access to healthcare for children and seniors, and starting a new venture capital fund.
These achievements and many others share more than being accomplished during
tough times; they also share, more importantly, having been accomplished in a
bipartisan effort.
Let me identify the four cornerstones to future progress that will preserve, nurture
and expand hope and opportunity: a transformed Iowa economy, continuous
improvement to education, expanded access to healthcare services and other
community services, and renewed commitment to our environment.
The economy of Iowa, grounded in the production of ever-increasing volumes of low
priced ag commodities, and the creation of well-intended but still lower paying
manufacturing and service sector jobs, no longer adequately supports our values; nor
will it expand hope and opportunity for the future.
For the benefit of ourselves and future generations of Iowans, we must transform
our economy to one rooted in the development and growth of high priced, value added
ag ingredients to be used to feed, fuel and heal, and in the creation of wealth through
high paying jobs held by a highly educated Iowa workforce.
This new Iowa economy will preserve and enhance our values, better support our
families and communities, and allow for continued investment in quality of life.
In the Iowa economy of today, less than thirty percent of our workforce has any
college experience. Iowans who learn more earn more. Our goal in the Iowa economy
of tomorrow - a high tech, bio-based economy - should be to double the number of
employed Iowans with college experience. Immediate progress towards this goal
should be the standard by which our work here is judged.
Now, to reach that ambitious goal requires a new, focused effort on economic
development - one that is key to life sciences, value added agriculture, advanced
manufacturing, insurance, and other information solutions. Vision Iowa and its
success taught us the power of state resources leveraging private and more public
investment. We must apply that important lesson to economic development.
A companion fund, the Iowa Values Fund, should be created and dedicated to
partnering with private investment to transform our economy. Administered and
managed as a public/private partnership, the fund’s investments should promote
regional economic development so no part of Iowa is left behind. The fund should work
more closely with the Regents universities, community colleges and independent
colleges to double the number of college experienced workers in the workforce. Over
the next five years we should commit $500 million to this fund. It is that important.
The initial investment from the Iowa Values Fund should be dedicated to making
Iowa the life sciences leader in protein development and production. Developing the
necessary life sciences infrastructure with an appropriate regulatory structure should
be a top economic development priority of the state, allowing us to reach a goal of
starting 100 new life sciences companies in Iowa in the next five years.
Initial resources from the fund should also spur the development of more renewable
fuel and energy of all kinds. The benefits to our economy and our environment from
ethanol and biodiesel fuel are well known. Similar benefits will operate from an
expansion of renewable energy production. Today, Iowa annually produces 200
megawatts of electricity from renewable energy sources - wind, solar, and biomass. By
the end of the decade our goal should be to annually produce a minimum of 1,000
megawatts committed to the goal of making Iowa a net exporter of energy.
Barriers to a new Iowa economy must also be removed. Regulatory approval for
new business and expansion needs to be timely for progress delayed is progress denied.
A complex income tax system with loopholes places Iowa in a non-competitive position.
Simplifying the system and closing loopholes will remove a barrier to progress. No
Iowan, no Iowan should have to use a form larger than a postcard to report state
income and pay state taxes.
At the same time, the property tax system pays for services not related to property
ownership; extends credits, exemptions and benefits in a haphazard fashion;
encourages inefficiencies in government; and discriminates among and between classes
of property owners. Members of the General Assembly, the time has come. Sunset the
system that doesn’t work and replace it with one that does. Remove the barrier.
Now, as our investments result in a new economy, our values demand that we not
forget those struggling in the old economy. Today in our state, there are over 100,000
Iowans working at or near a minimum wage. Many support families. Most qualify for
public assistance. All work hard. Let us honor their work, and all work, by raising the
minimum wage.
Each generation of Iowans carries a special responsibility to support the education
of all of our children. The members of the last legislature understood that value in
supporting change and continued investment in Iowa’s schools even in the face of tough
economic times. Their commitment to lower class sizes, reading initiatives, and
improving teacher quality is already paying positive results in improved test scores
and better professional development.
We cannot and should not abandon those efforts - but more is needed to keep faith
with our values and maximize hope and opportunity.
A transformed Iowa economy requires continuous improvement in education.
If we are to double the number of college experienced workers in the workforce,
more children will have to attend college. To achieve success in school, children must
be ready to learn before they enter school. Bold goals precede and encourage bold
action. Let us work together to challenge ourselves to create an Iowa where virtually
all (over 90%) of our children have access to quality preschool and where virtually all,
at least 90%, of our children complete their formal education with at least 2 years
college experience.
I need not remind the General Assembly that achievement gaps and dropouts carry
a heavy price for failure. Just a generation ago the thought of all day kindergarten for
all of our children seemed an impossible dream. Today, over 90% of our children have
access to all day kindergarten. Our 90/90 goal embodies our values. This is a goal that
can be reached. The goal must be reached. The goal will be reached.
The creation of the Iowa Learns Council, with representatives from all levels of
education and statewide leaders will help to develop strategies and policy
recommendations for accomplishing the 90/90 goal.
The goal needs resources. As investments from the Iowa Values fund are made and
opportunities are expanded and benefits are realized, a portion of new revenues
generated from these investments should be dedicated to achieving the 90/90 goal. In
the meantime, college tuitions continue to go up and some students may be discouraged
from attending. That is why this legislature should restore funding to the important
work-study program to empower students to earn their way through college.
Barriers to reaching our 90/90 goal must also be removed. Today, a disparity exists
in educational opportunity in our state.
Very small school districts with high schools of less than 100 students find it
increasingly difficult to provide the range of opportunities necessary for success. Now,
this barrier can be removed through collaboration or consolidation. The creation of a
Virtual Academy allowing access to students to online courses, and Regional
Academies enabling schools to combine their course opportunities will help reduce the
disparity. For those districts where consolidation provides the only answer, we should
provide financial incentives to encourage school consolidation.
Now some believe that a financial disparity in education exists. For more than a
generation, based on a study of school finances, Iowans operated under the belief that
the school funding formula promoted equity. Much has changed since that study - and
the times call for a new study of school finances. If inequities exist, they must be
addressed. Our values require it. Hope and opportunity will depend on it.
Iowans have a right to expect quality healthcare. We’ve worked hard to extend that
right to all of our children. Today, we protect almost ninety-five percent of our
youngsters by providing access to healthcare through Medicaid; Hawk-I, our children's
health insurance program; or other private insurance. We take pride in knowing
almost ninety percent of adults are also covered.
However, access to quality healthcare, even in Iowa, remains threatened. An unfair
Medicare reimbursement system, rising costs of prescription drugs, and the exploding
costs of Medicaid all will test our commitment to the value of quality healthcare.
Let me be clear. We will fight whenever, wherever, and for as long as it takes for a
fair Medicare reimbursement system in this state.
We will negotiate whenever, wherever, and for as long as it takes until Iowa seniors
have fair drug prices.
We will negotiate whenever, wherever, and for as long as it takes for strategies to
control Medicaid costs without limiting access to quality healthcare. I want to thank
Senator Kramer, in particular, for her efforts in these areas and pledge to work with
the President of the Senate and the General Assembly to maintain quality healthcare.
To remain true to our values and to extend hope and opportunity to all, we must
protect those vulnerable Iowans who cannot protect themselves. Thousands suffering
from mental illness - vulnerable Iowans - do not have access to the treatment they
need. The fact is that one out of every four Iowa families have family members touched
by mental illness. Barriers exist to the quality care they need.
Let us stop the needless suffering. Iowa should lead the nation with the highest
percentage of residents with mental health and substance abuse coverage. Let us
make the enactment of mental health parity a landmark for which this General
Assembly will be remembered and celebrated for years to come.
But people with mental illness, mental retardation, or other disabilities need more
than access to quality medical care; they need access to basic community resources that
most of us take for granted - like housing, transportation and job opportunities - so
they, too, can participate in the American dream.
This goal has been a personal passion for Lt. Governor Sally Pederson. That is why
I have asked her to lead the effort to transform our system of services to respond more
effectively to the needs of those with disabilities.
Changes in the system will be directed by a commission of stakeholders created
through bipartisan legislation passed last year. The Lt. Governor will continue to work
with the commission and Republican and Democratic legislators to create a system
that supports self-determination, self-sufficiency, and independence.
It is our goal over the next four years to substantially increase residential housing
and workplace opportunities through public/private partnerships and leveraging funds
in new and innovative ways. I promise you this - we will make the largest investment
in housing for people with disabilities in Iowa history.
And we will ask you to give the Department of Inspections & Appeals the authority
to regulate adult day care facilities for dependent adults and seniors, so that families
can feel secure about the quality of care their loved one is receiving.
In a special land where stewardship is a value and virtue, knowing that we have
over 150 rivers and streams, a number likely to grow, impaired by pollution should be a
call to action to all of us. A new Iowa economy should support resources necessary to
clean up our rivers and streams. By 2010 there should be no - I repeat no impaired
waters list in Iowa. By that year Iowans should be free to swim, fish, or use this great
natural resource as God intended.
Now to those who doubt such a goal is obtainable, I ask you to stand aside. Iowans
working together to achieve a common goal will succeed, but to succeed there must be
consensus. One hundred years ago Theodore Roosevelt brought interested parties
together in a summit dedicated to conservation. The time is right for a statewide
summit on water quality to eliminate the impaired waters list. So today I ask the
Department of Natural Resources, the Iowa Farm Bureau, the Association of Business
and Industry, and the Iowa Environmental Council and other groups each to designate
a representative to work with me and representatives of the General Assembly, cities,
and counties to plan and hold such a summit to develop a conservation plan to restore
our waters.
Earlier I mentioned the role of the nonprofit sector to effect change. The vital role
of nonprofit organizations in our state must be clearly understood and actively
supported. Nonprofit organizations are often small and may need technical assistance
and help. All of us need to help them. I asked Willard "Sandy" Boyd, President
Emeritus of the University of Iowa, Director of the Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center,
and a great Iowan, to chair a task force to be appointed for this purpose, to lay out
strategies how we can strengthen nonprofits in our state.
My time with you is limited, so I cannot share thoughts about other important
aspects of Iowa life, from public safety to support for arts and culture. Please know
these are important in our effort to help build a better Iowa.
All will be needed in this effort.
Great values, great needs, great goals mandate from all of us, inside and outside
state government, great action. Many may question if it all can be done.
Theodore Roosevelt said it so well so long ago. "It is not the critic who counts; not
the person who points out how strong persons stumbled or where the doer of deeds
could have done them better. The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the
arena, whose face is marred by dust, and sweat, and blood; who strives valiantly; who
errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great
devotions, and spends a life in a worthy cause, who at the best, knows in the end the
triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he or she fails, at least fails while
daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who
knew neither victory nor defeat."
Ladies and Gentlemen of the General Assembly, let that be said of this generation
of Iowans who risked embracing change, fought to preserve our values, and nurtured
hope and opportunity for all.
God bless you. God bless our great State of Iowa, and the United States of America.
Governor Thomas J. Vilsack was escorted from the House chamber
by the committee previously appointed.
On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek, the joint convention was
dissolved at 10:42 a.m.
The House stood at ease at 10:42 a.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 11:10 a.m., Speaker Rants in the
chair.
On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek, the House was recessed at
11:11 a.m., until 3:00 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 3:05 p.m., Speaker Rants in the chair.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 10, by Tymeson, a bill for an act providing an
individual income tax credit for certain teacher expenses and
including a retroactive applicability date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 11, by Jacobs and Connors, a bill for an act relating to
the election of directors of local school districts, area education
agencies, and merged areas, and including an effective date,
applicability, and transition provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 12, by Tymeson, a bill for an act providing for state
ownership of Part III Iowa communications network video
connections under specified circumstances.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 13, by Wise, a bill for an act relating to the
establishment of a public charter school pilot program and providing
effective and applicability dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 14, by Bukta, a bill for an act relating to the
establishment of a special classification within the residential care
facility category for elders.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 15, by Horbach, a bill for an act relating to property
taxation of certain lands leased to others by the department of
corrections or department of human services and providing for the
Act’s applicability.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 16, by Maddox, a bill for an act relating to coverage
under a policy or contract providing for third-party payment or
prepayment of health or medical expenses by providing coverage for
costs associated with medications, equipment, and supplies for the
treatment of diabetes.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce,
regulation and labor.
House File 17, by Boddicker, a bill for an act revising
requirements for the department of human services’ written report of
a child abuse assessment.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 18, by Bukta, a bill for an act including child
endangerment offenses as child abuse for purposes of reporting,
assessment, and disposition.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 19, by Smith, a bill for an act relating to the provision
of an administrative hearing for tenants of assisted living programs.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 20, by Maddox, a bill for an act relating to the
taxation of activities involving out-of-state qualified state tuition
programs and including effective and retroactive applicability date
provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 21, by Boal, a bill for an act relating to resident
license fees for hunting, fishing, trapping and related activities for
members of the armed forces of the United States.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED
The following communications were received and filed in the office
of the Chief Clerk:
January 14, 2003
The Honorable Christopher Rants
Speaker of the Iowa House
Iowa House of Representatives
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Speaker Rants:
It is with both pleasure and regret that I am today submitting my resignation as a
member of the Iowa House of Representatives effective at the end of the day, today. It
has been my honor for the past six years to serve the people of Des Moines. But that
service has come as a great sacrifice to my family.
I have been offered the opportunity to work with Mike Blouin in the Iowa
Department of Economic Development. I believe that this department will spearhead
many exciting new initiatives to make Iowa grow. I welcome the opportunity to be a
part of that process.
In addition, my family looks forward to my now having just one job rather than the
three or four I was juggling in the past. I look forward to spending more time with my
wife and my two little children.
Mr. Speaker, I am sorry that I will no longer be able to work alongside of you and
the other members of the Iowa House. But I look forward to working with you in my
new role in the executive branch.
Sincerely,
Representative Frank Chiodo
CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that certificates of recognition have been issued as follows.
MARGARET A. THOMSON
Chief Clerk of the House
2003\1 Ray Lischer, Creston - For celebrating his 85th birthday.
2003\2 Mildred Pennell, Marshalltown - For celebrating her 95th birthday.
2003\3 Margaret Thomas, Marshalltown - For celebrating her 91st
birthday.
2003\4 Ida Schoon, Manson - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2003\5 Betty Faulkner, Webster City - For celebrating her 88th birthday.
2003\6 Wilma Brisbin, Eagle Grove - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2003\7 Mary Pringnitz, Belmond - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2003\8 Alex Larson, Farnhamville - For celebrating his 90th birthday.
2003\9 Kathleen Peterson, Webster City - For celebrating her 90th
birthday.
2003\10 Fred and Ruth Schwendemann, Dayton - For celebrating their 65th
wedding anniversary.
2003\11 Charles and Rosemary Tigner, Lehigh - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2003\12 Bob and Dorothy Krejci, Stratford - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2003\13 Emmett and Marilyn Timm, Webster City - For celebrating their
50th wedding anniversary.
2003\14 Callen and Margaret Stansbury, Eagle Grove - For celebrating their
50th wedding anniversary.
2003\15 Hope Milleson, Clarinda - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2003\16 Riley and Ella McClintock, Essex - For celebrating their 65th
wedding anniversary.
2003\17 Bob Stockham, Maquoketa - For celebrating his 80th birthday.
2003\18 Mary Ann and Robert Schutterle, Ladora - For celebrating their
50th wedding anniversary.
2003\19 Gladys Paynter, Brooklyn - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2003\20 Rachel Mary Alice Garringer, Williamsburg - For receiving the 2002
Young Achiever Medallion Award.
2003\21 Ila M. Moon, Chariton - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2003\22 Walter and Lucille La Hart, Albia - For celebrating their 60th
wedding anniversary.
2003\23 John S. and Doris L. Kasman, Albia - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2003\24 Helen Dewey, Perry - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2003\25 Naomi Greiner, Keota - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2003\26 Raymond Beran, Victor - For receiving the Governor’s Volunteer
Award.
2003\27 Phyllis and Bernard Hammes, Sigourney - For celebrating their
50th wedding anniversary.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 3
Education: Boal, Chair; Dandekar and Tjepkes.
House File 6
Education: Raecker, Chair; Chambers, Roberts, Stevens and Wise.
House File 7
Education: Hansen, Chair; Dennis and Mascher.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 1 Administration and Rules
Relating to joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives for
the Eightieth General Assembly.
H.S.B. 2 Administration and Rules
Relating to permanent rules of the House for the Eightieth General
Assembly.
H.S.B. 3 Judiciary
Relating to the admission of prior sexual offenses into evidence.
H.S.B. 4 Judiciary
Providing for a .08 blood alcohol concentration limit for motor vehicle
operating while intoxicated offenses.
On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek the House adjourned at 3:28
p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, January 15, 2003.
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