Senate Journal: Wednesday, February 5, 2003
JOURNAL OF THE SENATE
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TWENTY-FOURTH CALENDAR DAY
FIFTEENTH SESSION DAY
Senate Chamber
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, February 5, 2003
The Senate met in regular session at 8:34 a.m., President Kramer
presiding.
Prayer was offered by the Reverend Corey Miller, pastor of the
Carroll Church of Christ in Carroll, Iowa. He was the guest of
Senator Kettering.
The Chair welcomed to the Senate chamber Senator JoAnn
Johnson, former member of the Senate from Dallas County,
Adel, Iowa.
The Journal of Tuesday, February 4, 2003, was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Senator Houser, until he arrives, on request of Senator Iverson.
RECESS
On motion of Senator Iverson, the Senate recessed at 8:38 a.m.
until the completion of a meeting of the committee on Rules and
Administration.
RECONVENED
The Senate reconvened at 8:48 a.m., President Kramer presiding.
RECESS
On motion of Senator Iverson, the Senate recessed at 8:49 a.m.
until 11:45 a.m.
RECONVENED
The Senate reconvened at 11:59 a.m., Senator Johnson presiding.
ADJOURNMENT
On motion of Senator Gaskill, the Senate adjourned at 12:01 p.m.
until 8:30 a.m. Thursday, February 6, 2003.
APPENDIX
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION
The Secretary of the Senate issued the following certificate of
recognition:
Don and Barb Small, Sioux City — For celebrating your 50th wedding anniversary.
Senator Warnstadt (2/5/03).
REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS
GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
Convened: February 4, 2003, 3:35 p.m.
Members Present: Lundby, Chair; Brunkhorst, Vice Chair; Courtney, Ranking
Member; and Wieck.
Members Absent: Dvorsky (excused).
Committee Business: Presentation regarding fees.
Adjourned: 4:40 p.m.
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Convened: February 4, 2003, 3:05 p.m.
Members Present: McKinley, Chair; Behn, Vice Chair; Dotzler, Ranking Member;
Putney and Quirmbach.
Members Absent: None.
Committee Business: Overview of the Governor’s budget recommendations and
presentation on performance measures.
Adjourned: 3:45 p.m.
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Convened: February 4, 2003, 3:05 p.m.
Members Present: Schuerer, Chair; Boettger, Vice Chair; Horn, Ranking Member;
Kibbie and Shull.
Members Absent: None.
Committee Business: Overview of the Governor’s budget recommendations and
presentation by Ted Stilwell, Director of the Department of Education.
Adjourned: 4:05 p.m.
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON JUSTICE SYSTEM
Convened: February 4, 2003, 3:05 p.m.
Members Present: Miller, Chair; Angelo, Vice Chair; Hosch and Kreiman.
Members Absent: Fraise, Ranking Member (excused).
Committee Business: Presentations by representatives of the Department of Public
Defense.
Adjourned: 4:20 p.m.
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION,
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CAPITALS
Convened: February 4, 2003, 3:05 p.m.
Members Present: McKibben, Chair; Warnstadt, Ranking Member; Beall and
Kettering.
Members Absent: Lamberti, Vice Chair (excused).
Committee Business: Overview of the Governor’s budget recommendations and
presentation by Telecommunications and Technology Commission.
Adjourned: 4:20 p.m.
EDUCATION
Convened: February 5, 2003, 11:05 a.m.
Members Present: Boettger, Chair; Connolly, Ranking Member; Angelo, Beall, Behn,
Brunkhorst, Dvorsky, Hosch, Kreiman, Larson, Quirmbach, Redfern, and Rehberg.
Members Absent: McKinley, Vice Chair; and Holveck (both excused).
Committee Business: Presentation by Ted Stilwell, Director of the Department of
Education, regarding the Program Elimination Commission and its impact on
education.
Adjourned: 12:00 p.m.
RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
Convened: February 5, 2003, 8:38 a.m.
Members Present: Iverson, Chair; Kramer, Vice Chair; Gronstal, Ranking Member;
Boettger, Dvorsky, Gaskill, Putney, Ragan, and Sievers.
Members Absent: Courtney and Drake (both excused).
Committee Business: Passed SCRs 1 and 3 and the Ronald Reagan resolution.
Adjourned: 8:42 a.m.
STATE GOVERNMENT
Convened: February 5, 2003, 2:40 p.m.
Members Present: Zieman, Chair; Sievers, Vice Chair; Kibbie, Ranking Member;
Black, Connolly, Courtney, Dearden, Drake, Johnson, Ragan, Schuerer, Shull,
Tinsman, and Veenstra.
Members Absent: Lamberti (excused).
Committee Business: Approved SSB 1011 (as amended).
Adjourned: 3:05 p.m.
TRANSPORTATION
Convened: February 5, 2003, 10:05 a.m.
Members Present: Drake, Chair; Putney, Vice Chair; McCoy, Ranking Member;
Beall, Dearden, Fraise, Johnson, Kettering, Rehberg, Shull, Warnstadt, and Zieman.
Members Absent: Houser (excused).
Committee Business: Approved SSB 1003.1.
Adjourned: 10:40 a.m.
INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTION
Senate Resolution 8, by committee on Rules and Administration,
a resolution to recognize February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in the
State of Iowa.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
Senate File 88, by Dotzler, a bill for an act relating to an
employer’s failure to make payments for employee health care
benefits and providing a penalty.
Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on
Judiciary.
Senate File 89, by Dvorsky, a bill for an act concerning the
creation of and the method for imposition of the domestic violence
shelter surcharge.
Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on
Judiciary.
Senate File 90, by Tinsman, a bill for an act relating to the
establishment of a centralized reporting and education program for
sepsis.
Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on
Human Resources.
Senate File 91, by Warnstadt, a bill for an act relating to the
required fuel efficiency of newly purchased state and local
government vehicles.
Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on State
Government.
Senate File 92, by Connolly and Kibbie, a bill for an act relating
to utilization of the district management levy to pay the cost of
employee health insurance benefits.
Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on
Education.
Senate File 93, by Larson, a bill for an act exempting from the
individual income tax income of an individual received while on
active duty as a member of the national guard or armed forces
regular or reserve unit, and including effective and retroactive date
provisions.
Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on Ways
and Means.
Senate File 94, by Warnstadt, a bill for an act providing for the
confidentiality of certain veterans’ records maintained by county
recorders.
Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on State
Government.
Senate File 95, by Johnson, a bill for an act establishing a choose
life motor vehicle registration plate and appropriating fees from such
plates for adoption-related services.
Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on
Transportation.
Senate File 96, by Larson, a bill for an act providing for the
regulation and licensing of home inspectors.
Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on
Commerce.
Senate File 97, by committee on Transportation, a bill for an act
relating to highway, aviation, motor vehicle transportation and public
transit, including regulation of junkyards along highways and
placement of political signs, elimination of the aviation hangar
revolving loan fund, applications for certificates of title by motor
vehicle dealers, fees charged for driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s
identification cards and making an appropriation, security interests
in motor vehicles, charges financed in a motor vehicle retail
installment transaction, confidentiality of motor vehicle accident
reports, requirements for motor carrier safety rules, exemptions for
certain motor vehicle operators from motor carrier safety rules and
hazardous materials transportation regulations, load limits for
vehicles transporting construction machinery, urban public transit
funding, and tariffs charged by motor carriers of household goods,
and including effective and retroactive applicability date provisions.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
STUDY BILLS RECEIVED
SSB 1003.1 Transportation
Relating to highway, aviation, motor vehicle transportation and
public transit, including regulation of junkyards along highways and
placement of political signs, elimination of the aviation hangar
revolving loan fund, application for certificates of title by motor
vehicle dealers, fees charged for driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s
identification cards and making an appropriation, security interests
in motor vehicles, charges financed in a motor vehicle retail
installment transaction, confidentiality of motor vehicle accident
reports, requirements for motor carrier safety rules, exemptions for
certain motor vehicle operators from motor carrier safety rules and
hazardous materials transportation regulations, load limits for
vehicles transporting construction machinery, urban public transit
funding, and tariffs charged by motor carriers of household goods,
including effective and retroactive applicability date provisions.
SSB 1050 Judiciary
Relating to fraudulent use of a credit card and providing a penalty.
SSB 1051 State Government
Amending certain procedures for local government consolidation
and allowing formation of local government empowerment
committees.
SSB 1052 Ways and Means
Relating to a community renewal initiative by establishing a
community development program to provide tax credits for income
tax, franchise tax, premiums tax, and moneys and credits tax for
businesses contributing to community development projects to aid
certain neighborhoods and communities and including effective and
applicability date provisions.
SSB 1053 Education
Relating to school district transportation routes outside a district’s
boundaries.
SSB 1054 Education
Relating to a review of statistical information compiled by the
board of educational examiners from Praxis II examinations
administrated to initial, provisional teaching license applicants.
SSB 1055 Human Resources
Relating to informed consent to an abortion and providing a
criminal penalty, and providing an effective date.
SSB 1056 Human Resources
Relating to the establishment of exclusive grounds for a
dissolution of marriage.
SSB 1057 Human Resources
Prohibiting the adoption and foster care of children by individuals
who are homosexual.
SSB 1058 Commerce
Permitting written demand via regular mail prior to an action
under the uniform commercial code for recovery of civil damages for a
dishonored check, draft, or order, when supported by an affidavit of
service.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Senate Resolution 7
RULES AND ADMINISTRATION: Iverson, Chair; Gronstal and Kramer
Senate File 75
EDUCATION: Boettger, Chair; Connolly and McKinley
Senate File 82
APPROPRIATIONS: McKibben, Chair; Connolly and Lamberti
Senate File 83
WAYS AND MEANS: Sievers, Chair; Larson and McCoy
Senate File 84
WAYS AND MEANS: McKinley, Chair; Connolly and Miller
Senate File 85
EDUCATION: Boettger, Chair; Connolly and McKinley
Senate File 86
WAYS AND MEANS: Sievers, Chair; Bolkcom and Rehberg
Senate File 87
HUMAN RESOURCES: McKinley, Chair; Behn and Horn
SSB 1003.1
TRANSPORTATION: Drake, Chair; McCoy and Putney
SSB 1050
JUDICIARY: Putney, Chair; Holveck and Miller
SSB 1051
STATE GOVERNMENT: Shull, Chair; Drake and Kibbie
SSB 1052
WAYS AND MEANS: Angelo, Chair; McKibben and Stewart
SSB 1053
EDUCATION: Boettger, Chair; Behn and Kreiman
SSB 1054
EDUCATION: Hosch, Chair; Boettger and Connolly
SSB 1055
HUMAN RESOURCES: Veenstra, Chair; Boettger and Ragan
SSB 1056
HUMAN RESOURCES: Veenstra, Chair; Boettger and Hatch
SSB 1057
HUMAN RESOURCES: Schuerer, Chair; Behn and Kreiman
SSB 1058
COMMERCE: Behn, Chair; Sievers and Warnstadt
COMMITTEE REPORTS
RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
Final Bill Action: SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1, a concurrent
resolution relating to the federal Medicare program and requesting assistance from the
federal government.
Recommendation: DO PASS.
Final Vote: Ayes, 9: Iverson, Kramer, Gronstal, Boettger, Dvorsky, Gaskill, Putney,
Ragan, and Sievers. Nays, none. Absent, 2: Courtney and Drake.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 3, a resolution
requesting the establishment of standing Senate and House subcommittees on
veterans affairs.
Recommendation: DO PASS.
Final Vote: Ayes, 9: Iverson, Kramer, Gronstal, Boettger, Dvorsky, Gaskill, Putney,
Ragan, and Sievers. Nays, none. Absent, 2: Courtney and Drake.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: SENATE RESOLUTION 8 (LSB 1590sv), a resolution to recognize
February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in the State of Iowa.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 9: Iverson, Kramer, Gronstal, Boettger, Dvorsky, Gaskill, Putney,
Ragan, and Sievers. Nays, none. Absent, 2: Courtney and Drake.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
TRANSPORTATION
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 97 (SSB 1003.1), a bill for an act relating to
highway, aviation, motor vehicle transportation and public transit, including
regulation of junkyards along highways and placement of political signs, elimination of
the aviation hangar revolving loan fund, applications for certificates of title by motor
vehicle dealers, fees charged for driver's licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards
and making an appropriation, security interests in motor vehicles, charges financed in
a motor vehicle retail installment transaction, confidentiality of motor vehicle accident
reports, requirements for motor carrier safety rules, exemptions for certain motor
vehicle operators from motor carrier safety rules and hazardous materials
transportation regulations, load limits for vehicles transporting construction
machinery, urban public transit funding, and tariffs charged by motor carriers of
household goods, and including effective and retroactive applicability date provisions.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 12: Drake, Putney, McCoy, Beall, Dearden, Fraise, Johnson,
Kettering, Rehberg, Shull, Warnstadt, and Zieman. Nays, none. Absent, 1: Houser.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
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