Senate Journal: Wednesday, March 12, 2003
JOURNAL OF THE SENATE
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FIFTY-NINTH CALENDAR DAY
THIRTY-FIFTH SESSION DAY
Senate Chamber
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, March 12, 2003
The Senate met in regular session at 8:30 a.m., President
Pro Tempore Angelo presiding.
Prayer was offered in song by the Show Hawks from Hartley-
Melvin-Sanborn High School in Hartley, Iowa. They performed "The
Star Spangled Banner" and were guests of Senator Johnson.
The Journal of Tuesday, March 11, 2003, was approved.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Senator Kibbie introduced the Honorable Denis A. O’Donovan and
his daughter Naomi. Mr. O’Donovan is a Fianna Fail Deputy from
Bantry County, Cork, Ireland. In 2002, Mr. O’Donovon was elected to
the 29th Dail Eireann (Irish House). Elected to the Seanad Eireann
(Irish Senate) in 1997, he was appointed as Spokesperson on Justice,
Equality, and Law Reform. His memberships include Chairperson of
Failte Beanntrai in the mid 1980s, Chairperson of Cork County
Council in 1989, and member of the All Party Oireachtas Committee
on the Constitution and All Party Committee on Women’s Rights.
Mr. O’Donovan addressed the Senate with brief remarks.
Senator Boettger presented Mr. O’Donovan gifts on behalf of the
Iowa Senate.
The Senate rose and expressed its welcome.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Senator Kibbie introduced 2003 Miss Shamrock Laura Fog. She
was accompanied by Chairman of the St. Patrick’s Association Mickey
Conlon, Andy and Kim Joyce, and Stacey Gappa from Emmetsburg.
ADJOURNMENT
On motion of Senator Iverson, the Senate adjourned at 8:55 a.m.
until 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 13, 2003.
APPENDIX
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION
The Secretary of the Senate issued the following certificate of
recognition:
Ralph Rosenberg, Ames - For being appointed as Interim Director of Heartland
Senior Services and for outstanding service to the old and young of Story County.
Senator Quirmbach (3/12/03).
PETITION
The following petition was presented and placed on file:
From 1,534 residents of Johnson County and surrounding areas
opposing additional taxation of credit unions. Senator Dvorsky.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS
HUMAN RESOURCES
Convened: March 11, 2003, 1:10 p.m.
Members Present: Veenstra, Chair; Seymour, Vice Chair; Ragan, Ranking Member;
Behn, Hatch, Holveck, Horn, Hosch, Kreiman, McKinley, Schuerer, and Tinsman.
Members Absent: Boettger (excused).
Committee Business: Passed SFs 59 (as amended), 303, and 312 (as amended).
Approved SSBs 1103 (as amended) and 1157.
Adjourned: 2:40 p.m.
JUDICIARY
Convened: March 11, 2003, 4:05 p.m.
Members Present: Redfern, Chair; Larson, Vice Chair; Kreiman, Ranking Member;
Boettger, Fraise, Holveck, Horn, Kettering, Lamberti, McCoy, McKibben, Miller,
Putney, Quirmbach, and Tinsman.
Members Absent: None.
Committee Business: Passed SF 218. Approved SSBs 1024, 1077 (as amended),
1097 (as amended), 1128 (as amended), and 1137 (as amended).
Adjourned: 5:40 p.m.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Convened: March 12, 2003, 2:00 p.m.
Members Present: Rehberg, Chair; Shull, Vice Chair; Hatch, Ranking Member;
Beall, Boettger, Dotzler, Larson, McKinley, Putney, Ragan, Seymour, Stewart, and
Veenstra.
Members Absent: None.
Committee Business: Approved SSB 1150.
Adjourned: 2:35 p.m.
JUDICIARY
Convened: March 12, 2003, 10:45 a.m.
Members Present: Redfern, Chair; Larson, Vice Chair; Kreiman, Ranking Member;
Boettger, Fraise, Holveck, Horn, Kettering, Lamberti, McCoy, McKibben, Miller,
Putney, Quirmbach, and Tinsman.
Members Absent: None.
Committee Business: Passed SFs 219 and 220. Approved SSBs 1029 (as amended),
1099, 1106 (as amended), 1138 (as amended), 1146, and 1158.
Adjourned: 12:50 p.m.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Convened: March 12, 2003, 9:00 a.m.
Members Present: Gaskill, Chair; Miller, Vice Chair; Quirmbach, Ranking Member;
Angelo, Hatch, Hosch, Houser, Kreiman, McCoy, Rehberg, Seymour, Stewart, and
Wieck.
Members Absent: None.
Committee Business: Passed SFs 66 (as amended), 197, 209, and 247. Approved
SSBs 1017 (as amended) and 1126.
Recessed: 9:50 a.m.
Reconvened: 10:00 a.m.
Adjourned: 10:25 a.m.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Convened: March 12, 2003, 2:05 p.m.
Members Present: Houser, Chair; Johnson, Vice Chair; Seng, Ranking Member;
Black, Bolkcom, Brunkhorst, Dearden, Drake, Holveck, Kettering, Kibbie, Lundby,
Miller, Wieck, and Zieman.
Members Absent: None.
Committee Business: Passed SFs 40 (as amended) and 300. Approved SSBs 1031
(as amended), 1160, and 1164 (as amended).
Adjourned: 3:20 p.m.
RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
Convened: March 12, 2003, 1:35 p.m.
Members Present: Iverson, Chair; Kramer, Vice Chair; Gronstal, Ranking Member;
Boettger, Courtney, Drake, Dvorsky, Gaskill, Putney, Ragan, and Sievers.
Members Absent: None.
Committee Business: Passed SJR 4 and SCR 9. Approved SSB 1131.
Adjourned: 1:50 p.m.
WAYS AND MEANS
Convened: March 12, 2003, 1:05 p.m.
Members Present: McKibben, Chair; Shull, Vice Chair; Bolkcom, Ranking Member;
Angelo, Connolly, Dotzler, Hosch, Larson, McKinley, Miller, Quirmbach, Rehberg,
Seng, and Stewart.
Members Absent: Lamberti, McCoy, and Sievers (all excused).
Committee Business: Overview of SSB 1168.
Adjourned: 1:15 p.m.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
Senate File 349, by Bolkcom, a bill for an act establishing a local
food distribution program and fund at the Leopold center for
sustainable agriculture at Iowa state university of science and
technology.
Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on
Education.
Senate File 350, by committee on Commerce, a bill for an act
relating to a premium tax offset for the Iowa individual health
reinsurance association, and phasing-in a standing appropriation for
replacement of the individual health reinsurance association
assessments upon political subdivisions and school corporations.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 351, by committee on Human Resources, a bill for an
act relating to child care requirements involving prohibitions against
involvement with child care, record checks and evaluations performed
by the department of human services, eligibility for state assistance,
and child care fraud program sanctions, and making penalties
applicable.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 352, by committee on Judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the training of an individual who intends to become
certified as a law enforcement officer.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 353, by committee on Human Resources, a bill for an
act requiring establishment of county child protection assistance
teams.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 354, by committee on Human Resources, a bill for an
act implementing the federal Indian Child Welfare Act.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 355, by committee on Human Resources, a bill for an
act relating to the authorization of podiatrists to administer
anesthesia.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 356, by committee on Local Government, a bill for an
act relating to autopsies by restricting the performance of an autopsy
for certain deaths unless the county medical examiner determines the
public interest is affected and providing for financial responsibility for
certain autopsies requested by a private individual.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 357, by committee on Local Government, a bill for an
act relating to election or appointment of trustees of a city hospital or
health care facility.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 358, by committee on State Government, a bill for an
act transferring responsibility for establishing the state plumbing
code from the Iowa department of public health to the state building
code commissioner and providing an effective date.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 359, by committee on Judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to landlords, tenants, and actions for forcible entry or
detention.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 360, by committee on Judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the department of corrections and its duties regarding
treatment and education of inmates at various correctional facilities,
release of presentence reports, optional inmate treatment and
education provision, expansion of and appeals regarding earned time
credits, change to the inmate savings and inmate telephone rebate
fund, and payment of supervision fees.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 361, by committee on Judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to emergency procedures for the temporary detention and
treatment of persons who are incapacitated or impaired due to
substance abuse or mental health problems.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 362, by committee on Judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to tribal law enforcement officer training at the Iowa law
enforcement academy.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 363, by committee on Local Government, a bill for an
act allowing elimination of local assessor examining boards.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 364, by committee on State Government, a bill for an
act changing the bid requirements for construction of certain public
improvements.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 365, by committee on Rules and Administration, a
bill for an act relating to legislative branch consolidation of functions
by combining the legislative service bureau, legislative fiscal bureau,
and legislative computer support bureau into a single central
legislative staff agency, providing for legislative publications
procedures, modifying the sales tax exemption for items sold or
services provided by the new agency, including related matters, and
providing an effective date.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 366, by committee on Judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the Iowa probate code, including provisions relating to
state inheritance, gift taxes, and trusts and including an applicability
date provision.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
Senate File 367, by committee on Economic Growth, a bill for an
act relating to animal biotechnology by creating an animal
biotechnology commercialization fund, extending the time period
during which a life science enterprise may purchase agricultural
land, making appropriations, and providing an effective date.
Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.
STUDY BILLS RECEIVED
SSB 1161 Commerce
Relating to the licensing of persons providing money transmission
and currency exchange services, providing penalties, and providing
an effective date.
SSB 1162 Judiciary
Relating to the commitment of a sexually violent predator.
SSB 1163 Agriculture
Relating to assistance services provided to the department of
agriculture and land stewardship, including for the filing of
documents and the payment of fees and civil penalties, and the
authorization to assess additional charges.
SSB 1164 Natural Resources and Environment
Relating to responsibilities of the state soil conservation
committee.
SSB 1165 Economic Growth
Relating to commercial application of university technology and
research.
SSB 1166 Education
Providing for a waiver of deadline requirements relating to whole-
grade sharing agreements in specified school districts, and providing
an effective date.
SSB 1167 Education
Providing for a special education alternative reading instruction
pilot project and including a contingent effectiveness clause and an
effective date.
SSB 1168 Ways and Means
Relating to state and local taxes and budgets by imposing a single
rate tax, phasing out the taxes on pensions and social security,
eliminating the deduction for federal income taxes paid, and
eliminating the alternative minimum tax under the individual
income tax, by increasing the sales and use tax rate; by increasing the
state cigarette tax rate; and by establishing an ending fund balances
limitation for counties, defining terms related to the county budgeting
process, providing for an ad valorem tax on mobile homes and
manufactured homes, allowing counties to join in employment of a
multicounty assessor, relating to property assessment guidelines and
providing for state payment reductions, setting assessment
limitations on residential and agricultural property and on
commercial and industrial property as one taxation class, allowing for
appeal of assessments of industrial property as one taxation class,
allowing for appeal of assessments of industrial property to the
director of revenue and finance, establishing a property tax limitation
for cities and counties; and including effective and applicability date
provisions.
SSB 1169 Commerce
Relating to advanced telecommunications services, including
modification of rate provisions, economic development promotional
certification, and a study of competition and access charges by the
utilities board.
SSB 1170 Human Resources
Relating to public health and safety programs and regulations
under the authority of the department of public health.
SSB 1171 Education
Relating to a statewide program of educational assessment
reporting for public school grades three through eleven.
SSB 1172 Human Resources
Relating to health care including reimbursement of health care
facilities based on resident program eligibility.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Senate Joint Resolution 3
HUMAN RESOURCES: Veenstra, Chair; Holveck and Seymour
Senate Joint Resolution 4
RULES AND ADMINISTRATION: Iverson, Chair; Gronstal and Kramer
Senate Concurrent Resolution 9
RULES AND ADMINISTRATION: Iverson, Chair; Gronstal and Kramer
Senate File 254
BUSINESS AND LABOR RELATIONS: Schuerer, Chair; Dearden and Lundby
Senate File 255
BUSINESS AND LABOR RELATIONS: Schuerer, Chair; Dearden and Lundby
Senate File 293
EDUCATION: Behn, Chair; Beall and Boettger
Senate File 304
EDUCATION: Kreiman, Chair; Boettger and Rehberg
Senate File 309
BUSINESS AND LABOR RELATIONS: Schuerer, Chair; Dearden and Lundby
Senate File 320
COMMERCE: Angelo, Chair; Warnstadt and Wieck
Senate File 323
COMMERCE: Angelo, Chair; Warnstadt and Wieck
Senate File 329
COMMERCE: Angelo, Chair; Warnstadt and Wieck
Senate File 336
ECONOMIC GROWTH: McKinley, Chair; Hatch and Rehberg
Senate File 337
AGRICULTURE: Johnson, Chair; Houser and Ragan
Senate File 339
AGRICULTURE: Veenstra, Chair; Angelo and Black
SSB 1161
COMMERCE: Warnstadt, Chair; Angelo and Wieck
SSB 1162
JUDICIARY: Redfern, Chair; Kreiman and Larson
SSB 1163
AGRICULTURE: Angelo, Chair; Behn and Black
SSB 1164
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT: Kibbie, Chair; Houser and Johnson
SSB 1165
ECONOMIC GROWTH: McKinley, Chair; Hatch and Rehberg
SSB 1166
EDUCATION: Hosch, Chair; Boettger and Connolly
SSB 1167
EDUCATION: Brunkhorst, Chair; Kreiman and McKinley
SSB 1168
WAYS AND MEANS: McKibben, Chair; Connolly, Seng, Shull, and Sievers
SSB 1169
COMMERCE: Angelo, Chair; Brunkhorst, Gronstal, Warnstadt, and Wieck
SSB 1170
HUMAN RESOURCES: Veenstra, Chair; McKinley and Ragan
SSB 1171
EDUCATION: McKinley, Chair; Boettger and Holveck
SSB 1172
HUMAN RESOURCES: Veenstra, Chair; Hatch and Tinsman
COMMITTEE REPORTS
COMMERCE
Final Bill Action: *SENATE FILE 350 (SSB 1124), a bill for an act relating to a
premium tax offset for the Iowa individual health reinsurance association, and
phasing-in a standing appropriation for replacement of the individual health
reinsurance association assessments upon political subdivisions and school
corporations.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Angelo, Wieck, Warnstadt, Beall, Behn, Bolkcom, Brunkhorst,
Gronstal, Kettering, Larson, McCoy, Redfern, Schuerer, Sievers, and Stewart. Nays,
none. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
*Pursuant to Senate Rule 40, the Legislative Service Bureau reported nonsubstantive
changes to the members of the Commerce Committee on Senate File 350, and they
were attached to the committee report.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Final Bill Action: *SENATE FILE 367 (SSB 1150), a bill for an act relating to animal
biotechnology by creating an animal biotechnology commercialization fund, extending
the time period during which a life science enterprise may purchase agricultural land,
making appropriations, and providing an effective date.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 8: Rehberg, Shull, Beall, Boettger, Larson, Putney, Seymour, and
Veenstra. Nays, 4: Hatch, Dotzler, Ragan, and Stewart. Present, 1: McKinley.
Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
*Pursuant to Senate Rule 40, the Legislative Service Bureau reported nonsubstantive
changes to the members of the Economic Growth Committee on Senate File 367, and
they were attached to the committee report.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 303, a bill for an act relating to the contents of
certain child abuse assessment reports.
Recommendation: DO PASS.
Final Vote: Ayes, 12: Veenstra, Seymour, Ragan, Behn, Hatch, Holveck, Horn,
Hosch, Kreiman, McKinley, Schuerer, and Tinsman. Nays, none. Absent, 1: Boettger.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 351 (SSB 1157), a bill for an act relating to child
care requirements involving prohibitions against involvement with child care, record
checks and evaluations performed by the department of human services, eligibility for
state assistance, and child care fraud program sanctions, and making penalties
applicable.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 12: Veenstra, Seymour, Ragan, Behn, Hatch, Holveck, Horn,
Hosch, Kreiman, McKinley, Schuerer, and Tinsman. Nays, none. Absent, 1: Boettger.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: *SENATE FILE 353 (formerly SF 59), a bill for an act requiring
establishment of county child protection assistance teams.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 12: Veenstra, Seymour, Ragan, Behn, Hatch, Holveck, Horn,
Hosch, Kreiman, McKinley, Schuerer, and Tinsman. Nays, none. Absent, 1: Boettger.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
*Pursuant to Senate Rule 40, the Legislative Service Bureau reported nonsubstantive
changes to the members of the Human Resources Committee on Senate File 353, and
they were attached to the committee report.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: *SENATE FILE 354 (formerly SF 312), a bill for an act
implementing the federal Indian Child Welfare Act.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 12: Veenstra, Seymour, Ragan, Behn, Hatch, Holveck, Horn,
Hosch, Kreiman, McKinley, Schuerer, and Tinsman. Nays, none. Absent, 1: Boettger.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
*Pursuant to Senate Rule 40, the Legislative Service Bureau reported nonsubstantive
changes to the members of the Human Resources Committee on Senate File 354, and
they were attached to the committee report.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: *SENATE FILE 355 (SSB 1103), a bill for an act relating to the
authorization of podiatrists to administer anesthesia.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 10: Veenstra, Ragan, Behn, Hatch, Horn, Hosch, Kreiman,
McKinley, Schuerer, and Tinsman. Nays, 2: Seymour and Holveck. Absent, 1:
Boettger.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
*Pursuant to Senate Rule 40, the Legislative Service Bureau reported nonsubstantive
changes to the members of the Human Resources Committee on Senate File 355, and
they were attached to the committee report.
JUDICIARY
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 352 (formerly SF 218), a bill for an act relating to
the training of an individual who intends to become certified as a law enforcement
officer.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 14: Redfern, Larson, Kreiman, Boettger, Fraise, Horn, Kettering,
Lamberti, McCoy, McKibben, Miller, Putney, Quirmbach, and Tinsman. Nays, none.
Present, 1: Holveck. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 359 (SSB 1146), a bill for an act relating to
landlords, tenants, and actions for forcible entry or detention.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 13: Redfern, Larson, Kreiman, Boettger, Fraise, Horn, Kettering,
Lamberti, McCoy, McKibben, Miller, Putney, and Tinsman. Nays, 1: Holveck.
Present, 1: Quirmbach. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: *SENATE FILE 360 (SSB 1097), a bill for an act relating to the
department of corrections and its duties regarding treatment and education of inmates
at various correctional facilities, release of presentence reports, optional inmate
treatment and education provision, expansion of and appeals regarding earned time
credits, change to the inmate savings and inmate telephone rebate fund, and payment
of supervision fees.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Redfern, Larson, Kreiman, Boettger, Fraise, Holveck, Horn,
Kettering, Lamberti, McCoy, McKibben, Miller, Putney, Quirmbach, and Tinsman.
Nays, none. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
*Pursuant to Senate Rule 40, the Legislative Service Bureau reported nonsubstantive
changes to the members of the Judiciary Committee on Senate File 360, and they were
attached to the committee report.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 361 (SSB 1099), a bill for an act relating to
emergency procedures for the temporary detention and treatment of persons who are
incapacitated or impaired due to substance abuse or mental health problems.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Redfern, Larson, Kreiman, Boettger, Fraise, Holveck, Horn,
Kettering, Lamberti, McCoy, McKibben, Miller, Putney, Quirmbach, and Tinsman.
Nays, none. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 362 (formerly SF 219), a bill for an act relating to
tribal law enforcement officer training at the Iowa law enforcement academy.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Redfern, Larson, Kreiman, Boettger, Fraise, Holveck, Horn,
Kettering, Lamberti, McCoy, McKibben, Miller, Putney, Quirmbach, and Tinsman.
Nays, none. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: *SENATE FILE 366 (SSB 1106), a bill for an act relating to the
Iowa probate code, including provisions relating to state inheritance, gift taxes, and
trusts and including an applicability date provision.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Redfern, Larson, Kreiman, Boettger, Fraise, Holveck, Horn,
Kettering, Lamberti, McCoy, McKibben, Miller, Putney, Quirmbach, and Tinsman.
Nays, none. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
*Pursuant to Senate Rule 40, the Legislative Service Bureau reported nonsubstantive
changes to the members of the Judiciary Committee on Senate File 366, and they were
attached to the committee report.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 356 (formerly SF 247), a bill for an act relating to
autopsies by restricting the performance of an autopsy for certain deaths unless the
county medical examiner determines the public interest is affected and providing for
financial responsibility for certain autopsies requested by a private individual.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 7: Gaskill, Miller, Hosch, Houser, Rehberg, Seymour, and Wieck.
Nays, 5: Quirmbach, Hatch, Kreiman, McCoy, and Stewart. Absent, 1: Angelo.
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Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
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ALSO:
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 357 (SSB 1126), a bill for an act relating to election
or appointment of trustees of a city hospital or health care facility.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 13: Gaskill, Miller, Quirmbach, Angelo, Hatch, Hosch, Houser,
Kreiman, McCoy, Rehberg, Seymour, Stewart, and Wieck. Nays, none. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 363 (formerly SF 66), a bill for an act allowing
elimination of local assessor examining boards.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 12: Gaskill, Miller, Quirmbach, Hatch, Hosch, Houser, Kreiman,
McCoy, Rehberg, Seymour, Stewart, and Wieck. Nays, none. Absent, 1: Angelo.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
Final Bill Action: SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 4, a joint resolution proposing the
redesign of the Medicaid system.
Recommendation: DO PASS.
Final Vote: Ayes, 11: Iverson, Kramer, Gronstal, Boettger, Courtney, Drake,
Dvorsky, Gaskill, Putney, Ragan, and Sievers. Nays, none. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 9, a concurrent
resolution designating March 2003 as Iowa Woman’s History Month.
Recommendation: DO PASS.
Final Vote: Ayes, 11: Iverson, Kramer, Gronstal, Boettger, Courtney, Drake,
Dvorsky, Gaskill, Putney, Ragan, and Sievers. Nays, none. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 365 (SSB 1131), a bill for an act relating to
legislative branch consolidation of functions by combining the legislative service
bureau, legislative fiscal bureau, and legislative computer support bureau into a single
central legislative staff agency, providing for legislative publications procedures,
modifying the sales tax exemption for items sold or services provided by the new
agency, including related matters, and providing an effective date.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 11: Iverson, Kramer, Gronstal, Boettger, Courtney, Drake,
Dvorsky, Gaskill, Putney, Ragan, and Sievers. Nays, none. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
STATE GOVERNMENT
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 358 (formerly SSB 1040), a bill for an act
transferring responsibility for establishing the state plumbing code from the Iowa
department of public health to the state building code commissioner and providing an
effective date.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 9: Zieman, Sievers, Drake, Johnson, Lamberti, Schuerer, Shull,
Tinsman, and Veenstra. Nays, 6: Kibbie, Black, Connolly, Courtney, Dearden, and
Ragan. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
ALSO:
Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 364 (SSB 1115), a bill for an act changing the bid
requirements for construction of certain public improvements.
Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
Final Vote: Ayes, 14: Zieman, Sievers, Kibbie, Black, Courtney, Dearden, Drake,
Johnson, Lamberti, Ragan, Schuerer, Shull, Tinsman, and Veenstra. Nays, 1:
Connolly. Absent, none.
Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.
BILL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
A communication was received announcing that on March 12,
2003, the Governor approved and transmitted to the Secretary of
State the following bill:
S.F. 127 - Establishing a special breast cancer awareness motor vehicle registration
plate and appropriating fees from such plates for breast cancer screening.
REFERRAL TO INDIVIDUAL CONFIRMATION CALENDAR
MADAM PRESIDENT: Pursuant to Senate Rule 59, I hereby request that the
following name be removed from the "En Bloc Confirmation Calendar" and placed on
the "Individual Confirmation Calendar":
Neala Arnold - State Board of Regents
JEFF LAMBERTI
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League of Women Voters of Iowa
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