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Senate Journal: Monday, March 24, 2003

JOURNAL OF THE SENATE

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SEVENTY-FIRST CALENDAR DAY
FORTY-FIRST SESSION DAY

Senate Chamber
Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, March 24, 2003

The Senate met in regular session at 1:12 p.m., President Kramer
presiding.

Prayer was offered by the Reverend Daniel Phillip, pastor of the
Christian Fellowship Baptist Church in Waterloo, Iowa. He was the
guest of Senator Dotzler.

Miss Joni Carroll, daughter of Representative Danny Carroll, sang
"The Star Spangled Banner."

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Senate Pages Kristin Irwin
and Eva Sersland.

The Journal of Thursday, March 20, 2003, was approved.

HOUSE MESSAGES RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED

The following messages were received from the Chief Clerk of the
House:

MADAM PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the
House has on March 20, 2003, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the
House was asked:

Senate File 424, a bill for an act relating to urban renewal
indebtedness reporting and providing an effective date.

ALSO: That the House has on March 20, 2003, passed the following bills in which
the concurrence of the Senate is asked:


House File 450, a bill for an act creating an exception to the
statutory rule against perpetuities and making related changes.

Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

House File 455, a bill for an act requiring licensed health-related
professionals to report certain burn injuries to a law enforcement
agency.

Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

House File 457, a bill for an act expanding requirements for the
transition of an individual from the child welfare services system to
adulthood.

Read first time and referred to committee on Human Resources.

House File 479, a bill for an act designating advanced registered
nurse practitioners as providers of health care services pursuant to
managed care or prepaid services contracts under the medical
assistance program.

Read first time and attached to companion Senate File 410.

House File 504, a bill for an act relating to fraudulent use of a
credit card, scanning device, or reencoder, and providing a penalty.

Read first time and attached to similar Senate File 317.

House File 534, a bill for an act providing for the reorganization
of certain state departments by establishing a department of
administrative services, making related changes, providing penalties,
making appropriations, and providing an effective date.

Read first time and referred to committee on Government
Oversight.

House File 545, a bill for an act relating to the requirements for
newspapers designated for official publication purposes.

Read first time and referred to committee on Commerce.

House File 551, a bill for an act providing for a fee for
transporting an inmate for medical or dental care.

Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

House File 557, a bill for an act relating to liability of certain
health care facilities and health care providers participating in the
volunteer health care provider program.

Read first time and referred to committee on Human Resources.

House File 558, a bill for an act authorizing the department of
human services to disclose information regarding the listing of an
individual in the child or dependent abuse registry or the sex offender
registry when it is necessary for the protection of a child or a
dependent adult.

Read first time and referred to committee on Human Resources.

House File 565, a bill for an act relating to the healthy and well
kids in Iowa program.

Read first time and referred to committee on Human Resources.

House File 585, a bill for an act relating to maintaining a
magistrate court in a city other than the county seat.

Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

House File 592, a bill for an act relating to economic
development-related issues of the universities under the control of the
state board of regents by amending the composition of the Iowa
economic development board and the Iowa workforce development
board, changing the university-based research and economic
development Act to address commercialization of research, and
creating an Iowa commercialization advisory council.

Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Growth.


House File 601, a bill for an act relating to campaign finance,
including political party committees, campaign disclosure reports,
independent expenditures, and income tax checkoff provisions.

Read first time and referred to committee on State Government.

House File 603, a bill for an act providing an exception to
licensing requirements for certain bingo occasions conducted by
nonprofit organizations.

Read first time and referred to committee on State Government.

House File 604, a bill for an act requiring state government
annual reports made to the general assembly to include certain
financial information.

Read first time and referred to committee on State Government.

SPECIAL GUEST

Senator Bolkcom welcomed to the Senate chamber 2004
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, former governor of
Vermont.

The Senate rose and expressed its welcome.

RECESS

On motion of Senator Veenstra, the Senate recessed at 1:26 p.m.
until 4:00 p.m.

AFTERNOON SESSION

The Senate reconvened at 4:04 p.m., President Kramer presiding.

QUORUM CALL

Senator Veenstra requested a nonrecord roll call to determine that
a quorum was present.

The vote revealed 41 present, 9 absent, and a quorum present.

HOUSE MESSAGES RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED

The following messages were received from the Chief Clerk of the
House:

MADAM PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the
House has on March 24, 2003, passed the following bills in which the concurrence of
the House was asked:

Senate File 357, a bill for an act relating to election or
appointment of trustees of a city hospital or health care facility.

Senate File 376, a bill for an act relating to the surcharge for
certain dishonored negotiable instruments.

ALSO: That the House has on March 24, 2003, passed the following bills in which
the concurrence of the Senate is asked:

House File 505, a bill for an act to prohibit unauthorized
computer access to operational or support data of a rural water
district and a municipal utility and providing a penalty.

Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

House File 584, a bill for an act providing for exceptions to
municipal tort liability for certain activities.

Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

House File 623, a bill for an act relating to registration with the
United States selective service system by application for a driver’s
license or nonoperator’s identification card or for renewal of a driver’s
license or nonoperator’s identification card.

Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation.

House File 636, 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 and attached to similar Senate File 365.

The Senate stood at ease at 4:20 p.m. until the fall of the gavel for
the purpose of party caucuses.

The Senate resumed session at 5:40 p.m., President Kramer
presiding.

BILL REFERRED TO COMMITTEE

Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent that
Senate File 427 be referred from the Regular Calendar to the
committee on Appropriations.

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

Leaves of absence were granted as follows:

Senators Dearden and McCoy, until they return, on request of Senator Gronstal;
and Senator Miller, for the day, on request of Senator Zieman.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
(Regular Calendar)

Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent to take up
for consideration Senate Files 366 and 394.

Senate File 366

On motion of Senator Kettering, Senate File 366, 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, was taken up for consideration.

Senator Kettering moved that the bill be read the last time now
and placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote,
and the bill was read the last time.

On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 366), the vote was:


Yeas, 47:
Angelo Beall Behn Black
Boettger Bolkcom Brunkhorst Connolly
Courtney Dotzler Drake Dvorsky
Fraise Gaskill Gronstal Hatch
Holveck Horn Hosch Houser
Iverson Johnson Kettering Kibbie
Kramer Kreiman Lamberti Larson
Lundby McKibben McKinley Putney
Quirmbach Ragan Redfern Rehberg
Schuerer Seng Seymour Shull
Sievers Stewart Tinsman Veenstra
Warnstadt Wieck Zieman

 


Nays, none.

Absent, 3:

Dearden McCoy Miller

The bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.

Senate File 394

On motion of Senator Angelo, Senate File 394, a bill for an act
relating to the regulation of the grain industry, and making penalties
applicable, was taken up for consideration.

Senator Angelo moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and
the bill was read the last time.

On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 394), the vote was:

Yeas, 47:
Angelo Beall Behn Black
Boettger Bolkcom Brunkhorst Connolly
Courtney Dotzler Drake Dvorsky
Fraise Gaskill Gronstal Hatch
Holveck Horn Hosch Houser
Iverson Johnson Kettering Kibbie
Kramer Kreiman Lamberti Larson
Lundby McKibben McKinley Putney
Quirmbach Ragan Redfern Rehberg
Schuerer Seng Seymour Shull
Sievers Stewart Tinsman Veenstra
Warnstadt Wieck Zieman

 


Nays, none.

Absent, 3:

Dearden McCoy Miller

The bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.

IMMEDIATELY MESSAGED

Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent that
Senate Files 366 and 394 be immediately messaged to the House.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
(Regular Calendar)

Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent to take up
for consideration Senate Files 341 and 359.

Senate File 341

On motion of Senator Zieman, Senate File 341, a bill for an act
regulating the balance of competitive forces in swine and beef
production by enhancing the welfare of the farming community and
by preventing processors from gaining control of beef or swine
production, providing for the transfer of provisions, making a penalty
applicable, and providing for an effective date, was taken up for
consideration.

Senator Zieman moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and
the bill was read the last time.

On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 341), the vote was:

Yeas, 47:
Angelo Beall Behn Black
Boettger Bolkcom Brunkhorst Connolly
Courtney Dotzler Drake Dvorsky
Fraise Gaskill Gronstal Hatch
Holveck Horn Hosch Houser
Iverson Johnson Kettering Kibbie
Kramer Kreiman Lamberti Larson
Lundby McKibben McKinley Putney
Quirmbach Ragan Redfern Rehberg
Schuerer Seng Seymour Shull
Sievers Stewart Tinsman Veenstra
Warnstadt Wieck Zieman

 


Nays, none.

Absent, 3:

Dearden McCoy Miller

The bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.

Senate File 359

On motion of Senator Redfern, Senate File 359, a bill for an act
relating to landlords, tenants, and actions for forcible entry or
detention, was taken up for consideration.

Senator Beall offered amendment S-3078, filed by Senators Beall
and Warnstadt from the floor to page 1 of the bill, and moved its
adoption.

Amendment S-3078 was adopted by a voice vote.

Senator Redfern offered amendment S-3079, filed by him from the
floor to pages 1-3 of the bill, and moved its adoption.

Amendment S-3079 was adopted by a voice vote.

Senator Hatch asked and received unanimous consent that action
on Senate File 359 be deferred.

IMMEDIATELY MESSAGED

Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent that
Senate File 341 be immediately messaged to the House.


CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
(Regular Calendar)

Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent to take up
for consideration Senate Files 297, 384, and 395.

Senate File 297

On motion of Senator Rehberg, Senate File 297, a bill for an act
relating to the regulation of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles,
establishing fees, providing penalties, and providing applicability
dates, was taken up for consideration.

Senator Black offered amendment S-3042, filed by him on
March 18, 2003, to pages 22 and 49 of the bill, and moved its
adoption.

A nonrecord roll call was requested.

The ayes were 22, nays 26.

Amendment S-3042 lost.

Senator Rehberg offered amendment S-3065, filed by her on March
19, 2003, to pages 28 and 41 of the bill, and moved its adoption.

Amendment S-3065 was adopted by a voice vote.

Senator Rehberg offered amendment S-3047, filed by her on March
18, 2003, to pages 37 and 47 of the bill, and moved its adoption.

Amendment S-3047 was adopted by a voice vote.

Senator Rehberg moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and
the bill was read the last time.

On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 297), the vote was:

Yeas, 49:
Angelo Beall Behn Black
Boettger Bolkcom Brunkhorst Connolly
Courtney Dearden Dotzler Drake
Dvorsky Fraise Gaskill Gronstal
Hatch Holveck Horn Hosch
Houser Iverson Johnson Kettering
Kibbie Kramer Kreiman Lamberti
Larson Lundby McCoy McKibben
McKinley Putney Quirmbach Ragan
Redfern Rehberg Schuerer Seng
Seymour Shull Sievers Stewart
Tinsman Veenstra Warnstadt Wieck
Zieman

 


Nays, none.

Absent, 1:

Miller

The bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.

Senate File 384

On motion of Senator Larson, Senate File 384, 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, was taken up for consideration.

Senator Gronstal asked and received unanimous consent that
action on Senate File 384 be deferred.

Senate File 395

On motion of Senator Angelo, Senate File 395, a bill for an act
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, was taken up for
consideration.


Senator Angelo moved that the bill be read the last time now and
placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and
the bill was read the last time.

On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 395), the vote was:

Yeas, 49:
Angelo Beall Behn Black
Boettger Bolkcom Brunkhorst Connolly
Courtney Dearden Dotzler Drake
Dvorsky Fraise Gaskill Gronstal
Hatch Holveck Horn Hosch
Houser Iverson Johnson Kettering
Kibbie Kramer Kreiman Lamberti
Larson Lundby McCoy McKibben
McKinley Putney Quirmbach Ragan
Redfern Rehberg Schuerer Seng
Seymour Shull Sievers Stewart
Tinsman Veenstra Warnstadt Wieck
Zieman

 


Nays, none.

Absent, 1:

Miller

The bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to
have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to.

IMMEDIATELY MESSAGED

Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent that
Senate Files 297 and 395 be immediately messaged to the House.

HOUSE MESSAGES RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED

The following messages were received from the Chief Clerk of the
House:

MADAM PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the
House has on March 24, 2003, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the
House was asked:


Senate File 224, a bill for an act relating to appeals filed in child
in need of assistance and termination of parental rights proceedings.

ALSO: That the House has on March 24, 2003, amended and adopted the
following resolution in which the concurrence of the House was asked:

Senate Concurrent Resolution 2, a concurrent resolution
relating to the compensation of chaplains, officers and employees of
the eightieth general assembly. (S-3080)

ALSO: That the House has on March 24, 2003, passed the following bills in which
the concurrence of the Senate is asked:

House File 509, a bill for an act relating to deer and elk chronic
wasting disease by establishing a task force and requiring
departmental cooperation in the implementation of a chronic wasting
disease administrative strategy, and providing an effective date.

Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture.

House File 516, a bill for an act relating to composition and
responsibilities of the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground
storage tank fund board.

Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources
and Environment.

House File 561, a bill for an act creating the crime of invasion of
privacy, and providing a penalty.

Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

House File 575, a bill for an act providing for offset of certain
billings to counties for mental health, mental retardation, and
developmental disabilities services and including an applicability
provision.

Read first time and referred to committee on Human Resources.

House File 615, a bill for an act to legalize the proceedings of the
City Council of the City of Urbandale relating to the approval of a
partial exemption from property taxation of actual value added to

industrial real estate, and providing for effective and applicability
dates.

Read first time and referred to committee on Ways and Means.

House File 624, a bill for an act regulating farm deer, providing
for penalties, and providing an effective date.

Read first time and attached to companion Senate File 421.

ADJOURNMENT

On motion of Senator Iverson, the Senate adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
until 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 25, 2003.


APPENDIX

APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMMISSIONS

In accordance with Senate Rule 59, the following senators were
appointed to subcommittees of standing committees on March 20,
2003, to investigate the appointment and reappointment of the
following appointees:

AGRICULTURE

As a member of the Grape and Wine Development Commission:

BENJAMIN JUNG - Gaskill, Chair; Fraise and Zieman

As members of the State Soil Conservation Committee:

JEAN EELLS - Johnson, Chair; Putney and Seng
TODD SCOTT - Hosch, Chair; Johnson and Ragan
JAMES TOBIN - Angelo, Chair; Black and Houser

BUSINESS AND LABOR RELATIONS

As Workers’ Compensation Commissioner:

MICHAEL TRIER - Johnson, Chair; Dearden and McKibben

As members of the Iowa Workforce Development Board:

BENJAMIN DUEHR - Kettering, Chair; Courtney and Lundby
SARAH FALB - Seymour, Chair; Dotzler and Wieck

COMMERCE

As Consumer Advocate:

JOHN R. PERKINS - McCoy, Chair; Redfern and Wieck

As members of the Credit Union Review Board:

LORRAINE GROVES - Warnstadt, Chair; Redfern and Wieck
MICHAEL HARVEY - Redfern, Chair; Beall and Sievers
ROGER REISER - Bolkcom, Chair; Schuerer and Sievers

As Commissioner of Insurance:

THERESE VAUGHAN - Wieck, Chair; Angelo and Warnstadt


As Executive Director of the Iowa Telecommunications and Technology Commission:

JOHN P. GILLISPIE - Warnstadt, Chair; Angelo and Wieck

As a member of the Title Guaranty Division Board:

WALTER MURPHY - Stewart, Chair; Behn and Brunkhorst

As Chair of the Utilities Board:

DIANE MUNNS - Brunkhorst, Chair; Angelo and Warnstadt

As a member of the Utilities Board:

DIANE MUNNS - Brunkhorst, Chair; Angelo and Warnstadt

ECONOMIC GROWTH

As a member of the Iowa Capital Investment Board:

CAROL GARRETT - Larson, Chair; Beall and Putney

As members of the Iowa Economic Development Board:

LINDA BLOODSWORTH - Rehberg, Chair; Stewart and Veenstra
ROBERT BOCKEN - Seymour, Chair; Boettger and Ragan
CYNTHIA KEITHLEY - McKinley, Chair; Rehberg and Stewart

EDUCATION

As members of the Board of Educational Examiners:

BILL HAIGH - Rehberg, Chair; Quirmbach and Redfern
VERONICA STALKER - Quirmbach, Chair; Redfern and Rehberg
JACQUELINE WELLBORN - Dvorsky, Chair; Angelo and McKinley

As a member of the Iowa Higher Education Loan Authority:

JOHN HARTUNG - McKinley, Chair; Angelo and Dvorsky

As members of the State Board of Regents:

NEALA ARNOLD - Redfern, Chair; Quirmbach and Rehberg
ROBERT DOWNER - Behn, Chair; Boettger and Connolly
JOHN FORSYTH - Angelo, Chair; Dvorsky and McKinley

As a member of the School Budget Review Committee:

WAYNE DREXLER - Connolly, Chair; Behn and Boettger


HUMAN RESOURCES

As a member of the Board of Athletic Training Examiners:

TERRI CRAFT - Seymour, Chair; Hosch and Ragan

As members of the Board of Behavioral Science Examiners:

THORALD DAVIDSON - Boettger, Chair; Kreiman and Veenstra
BARBARA O’ROURKE - Boettger, Kreiman and Veenstra
TIMOTHY RUPPERT - Boettger, Kreiman and Veenstra

As a member of the Commission for the Blind:

ROBERT MARTIN - Horn, Chair; Behn and Schuerer

As a member of the Child Advocacy Board:

LIONEL FOSTER - Tinsman, Chair; Holveck and McKinley

As Administrator of the Division of Community Action Agencies:

WILLIAM BRAND - Behn, Chair; Boettger and Hatch

As a member of the Commission on Community Action Agencies:

THOMAS LETSCHE - Behn, Chair; Boettger and Hatch

As a member of the Commission on the Deaf:

JOHN MATTHEWS - Horn, Chair; Behn and Schuerer

As Director of the Department of Elder Affairs:

MARK HAVERLAND - Tinsman, Chair; Ragan and Veenstra

As members of the Commission of Elder Affairs:

JOHN LOWE - Holveck, Chair; Ragan and Tinsman
JANE PAULSEN - Holveck, Chair; Ragan and Tinsman

As members of the Iowa Empowerment Board:

MICHAEL BERGAN - Boettger, Chair; Hatch and Veenstra
REBECCA BURGART - Boettger, Chair; Hatch and Veenstra
ELAINE SZYMONIAK - Boettger, Chair; Hatch and Veenstra
THOMAS WILSON - Boettger, Chair; Hatch and Veenstra
C. ARTHUR WITTMACK - Boettger, Chair; Hatch and Veenstra


As Director of the Department of Human Services:

KEVIN CONCANNON - Tinsman, Chair; Kreiman and Veenstra

As a member of the Council on Human Services:

RUTH MOSHER - Behn, Chair; Holveck and McKinley

As a member of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Commission:

CHRISTINE LOUSCHER - Ragan, Chair; Hosch and Veenstra

As members of the Board of Physician Assistant Examiners:

DIANE CARDWELL - Seymour, Chair; Holveck and Schuerer
MARA SWANSON - Seymour, Chair; Holveck and Schuerer
RITA TAYLOR - Seymour, Chair; Holveck and Schuerer

As members of the Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council:

KIMBERLY BRANGOCCIO - Ragan, Chair; Horn and Tinsman
JAMES GROVER - Ragan, Chair; Horn and Tinsman
MICKEY McDANIEL - Ragan, Chair; Horn and Tinsman

As Director of Public Health:

MARY MINCER HANSEN - Boettger, Chair; Tinsman and Veenstra

As members of the Commission on Tobacco Use Prevention and Control:

ANNETTE BAIR - Kreiman, Chair; Behn and Ragan
SCOTT HAVENS - Kreiman, Chair; Behn and Ragan
MARVIN JENKINS - Kreiman, Chair; Behn and Ragan

As Administrator of the Division on the Status of Women:

CHARLOTTE NELSON - Tinsman, Chair; Holveck and Hosch

JUDICIARY

As members of the Iowa State Civil Rights Commission:

ALICIA CLAYPOOL - Holveck, Chair; Lamberti and Larson
DAVID LESHTZ - Horn, Chair; Miller and Tinsman
DINH VANLO - McCoy, Chair; Boettger and Kettering

As Director of the Department of Corrections:

GARY MAYNARD - Redfern, Chair; Kreiman and Larson


As members of the Board of Corrections:

ROBYN MILLS - Larson, Chair; Holveck and Putney
ARTHUR NEU - Kettering, Chair; Fraise and McKibben
WALTER REED, JR. - Redfern, Chair; Putney and Quirmbach
RENEE SNEITZER - Larson, Chair; Horn and Tinsman

As members of the Iowa Drug Policy Advisory Council:

ARTHUR SCHUT - Horn, Chair; Larson and Miller
DIANE THOMAS - Tinsman, Chair; Horn and Putney

As members of the State Judicial Nominating Commission:

MARY ELGAR - Fraise, Chair; Boettger and Miller
CHARLES FOLLETT - Lamberti, Chair; Holveck and Kettering
ARTHUR SILVA - Kettering, Chair; McKibben and Quirmbach

As members of the Commission on Judicial Qualifications:

MONROE COLSTON - McCoy, Chair; McKibben and Tinsman (Appointment)
MONROE COLSTON - McCoy, Chair; McKibben and Tinsman (Reappointment)
MARY RUSSELL-CURRAN - Larson, Chair; Horn and Tinsman

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

As members of the City Development Board:

BARBARA BROWN - Rehberg, Chair; Hosch and McCoy
ANN HUTCHINSON - Miller, Chair; Kreiman and Wieck

As members of the County Finance Committee:

DENISE DOLAN - Hosch, Chair; Houser and Stewart
RICHARD HEIDLOFF - Wieck, Chair; Angelo and Hatch
BEN LACEY - Miller, Chair; Hatch and Seymour
KEVIN WYNN - Angelo, Chair; Kreiman and Seymour

As members of the Iowa Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission:

MARK MONSON - Wieck, Chair; Houser and McCoy
WYNEMA MORRIS - Houser, Chair; Quirmbach and Wieck
MICHELE WALKER - Angelo, Chair; Hatch and Seymour

As members of the Mental Health Risk Pool Board:

JACQUELINE KIBBIE-WILLIAMS - Wieck, Chair; Houser and Quirmbach
(Appointment)
JACQUELINE KIBBIE-WILLIAMS - Wieck, Chair; Houser and Quirmbach
(Reappointment)
RALPH KREMER - Rehberg, Chair; Hosch and Stewart
ANDY NIELSEN - Miller, Chair; McCoy and Seymour

DAVID VAN NINGEN - Wieck, Chair; Houser and Quirmbach (Appointment)
DAVID VAN NINGEN - Wieck, Chair; Houser and Quirmbach (Reappointment)

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

As members of the Environmental Protection Commission:

DONNA BUELL - Johnson, Chair; Kibbie and Wieck
LISA DAVIS COOK - Kettering, Chair; Holveck and Lundby
JERRY PECKUMN - Kettering, Chair; Kibbie and Wieck
FRANCIS THICKE - Miller, Chair; Bolkcom and Drake
HEIDI VITTETOE - Miller, Chair; Bolkcom and Drake

As members of the Natural Resource Commission:

RANDY DUNCAN - Johnson, Chair; Dearden and Drake
RICHARD FRANCISCO - Miller, Chair; Bolkcom and Drake

As a member of the Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund
Board:

CATHY ROTTINGHAUS - Brunkhorst, Chair; Black and Zieman

As members of the Renewable Fuels and Coproducts Advisory Committee:

KAREN ANDERSEN-SCHANK - Brunkhorst, Chair; Dearden and Lundby
GREG HAYES - Wieck, Chair; Miller and Seng

STATE GOVERNMENT

As members of the Accountancy Examining Board:

SUSAN BOE - Zieman, Chair; Kibbie and Sievers
RICHARD JOHNSON - Sievers, Chair; Black and Drake
TELFORD LODDEN - Drake, Chair; Connolly and Johnson

As a member of the Alcoholic Beverages Commission:

SCOTT DOLL - Johnson, Chair; Courtney and Lamberti

As members of the Architectural Examining Board:

MARTHA GREEN - Schuerer, Chair; Dearden and Shull
JEFFREY MORGAN - Shull, Chair; Ragan and Tinsman

As members of the Board of Barber Examiners:

MARY GRAN - Tinsman, Chair; Kibbie and Veenstra
BARBARA MARTIN - Veenstra, Chair; Kibbie and Zieman


As members of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners:

ALISON FOUGHTY - Kibbie, Chair; Drake and Johnson
KATHLEEN KENNEDY - Connolly, Chair; Sievers and Zieman
MICHAEL POWELL - Black, Chair; Drake and Johnson
DIANE PUTHOFF - Courtney, Chair; Lamberti and Schuerer

As a member of the Board of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences Examiners:

JERRY TALBOTT - Dearden, Chair; Shull and Tinsman

As members of the Board of Dental Examiners:

ELIZABETH BRENNAN - Ragan, Chair; Veenstra and Zieman
EILEEN CACIOPPO - Sievers, Chair; Drake and Kibbie
GARY ROTH - Drake, Chair; Black and Johnson

As members of the Board of Dietetic Examiners:

RACHEL DUNN - Johnson, Chair; Connolly and Lamberti
JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ - Schuerer, Chair; Dearden and Shull

As members of the Iowa Emergency Response Commission:

JULIE BELL - Shull, Chair; Ragan and Tinsman
DANIEL ROGERS - Tinsman, Chair; Kibbie and Veenstra

As members of the Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board:

FORREST HOLLY - Veenstra, Chair; Black and Zieman
SUSAN LONG - Sievers, Chair; Connolly and Zieman

As members of the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board:

JAMES ALBERT - Zieman, Chair; Courtney and Drake
JANET CARL - Sievers, Chair; Dearden and Veenstra

As a member of the Board for the Licensing and Regulation of Hearing Aid Dispensers:

LESLIE WHIPPEN - Drake, Chair; Johnson and Ragan

As members of the Information Technology Council:

DIANE KOLMER - Johnson, Chair; Kibbie and Tinsman
MARY WEGNER - Schuerer, Chair; Black and Zieman

As members of the IowAccess Advisory Council:

QUENTIN BOYKEN - Shull, Chair; Connolly and Drake
GAIL FLAGEL - Tinsman, Chair; Courtney and Johnson
DAVID REDLAWSK - Veenstra, Chair; Dearden and Sievers


As Chief Executive Officer of the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System:

DONNA M. MUELLER - Kibbie, Chair; Drake and Zieman

As a member of the Investment Board of IPERS:

DAVID CREIGHTON, SR. - Zieman, Chair; Ragan and Veenstra

As a member of the Landscape Architectural Examining Board:

DAVID BIEHL - Black, Chair; Drake and Veenstra

As Commissioner of the Iowa Lottery:

ED STANEK - Lamberti, Chair; Courtney and Shull

As members of the Iowa Lottery Board:

ELAINE BAXTER - Dearden, Chair; Drake and Tinsman
MICHAEL McCOY - Drake, Chair; Connolly and Johnson

As Director of the Department of Management:

CYNTHIA EISENHAUER - Zieman, Chair; Courtney and Veenstra

As members of the Board of Medical Examiners:

CAROLE FRIER - Connolly, Chair; Johnson and Schuerer
BRUCE HUGHES - Tinsman, Chair; Dearden and Shull
SALLY SCHROEDER - Veenstra, Chair; Kibbie and Lamberti
JANECE VALENTINE - Courtney, Chair; Johnson and Schuerer

As a member of the Board of Mortuary Science Examiners:

RUTH OHDE - Courtney, Chair; Drake and Shull

As a member of the Board of Nursing Examiners:

M. ANN AULWES-ALLISON - Kibbie, Chair; Drake and Tinsman

As members of the State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators:

TERRY COOPER - Black, Chair; Tinsman and Veenstra
SUSAN FREY - Connolly, Chair; Schuerer and Sievers
DANIEL LARMORE - Courtney, Chair; Lamberti and Zieman
MARY NIELSEN - Dearden, Chair; Johnson and Tinsman
AUDRAE ZOECKLER - Ragan, Chair; Shull and Zieman

As members of the Board of Optometry Examiners:

BARBARA SCHEETZ - Johnson, Chair; Ragan and Sievers
ROBERT WEILAND - Ragan, Chair; Drake and Johnson

As Director of the Department of Personnel:

MOLLIE ANDERSON - Schuerer, Chair; Courtney and Drake

As members of the Board of Pharmacy Examiners:

KATHERINE LINDER - Kibbie, Chair; Veenstra and Zieman
LEMAN OLSON - Shull, Chair; Black and Tinsman

As a member of the Board of Physical and Occupational Therapy Examiners:

HELEN McNURLEN - Black, Chair; Lamberti and Schuerer

As members of the Board of Podiatry Examiners:

ETHEL CAMPBELL - Shull, Chair; Connolly and Tinsman
RICKEY SALOCKER - Tinsman, Chair; Johnson and Ragan

As members of the Board of Psychology Examiners:

GERALD JORGENSEN - Black, Chair; Drake and Johnson
ANA LOPEZ-DAWSON - Connolly, Chair; Lamberti and Veenstra

As members of the State Racing and Gaming Commission:

DIANE HAMILTON - Sievers, Chair; Kibbie and Lamberti
JOYCE JARDING - Drake, Chair; Courtney and Tinsman

As members of the Real Estate Appraiser Examining Board:

DAVID ERICKSON - Connolly, Chair; Johnson and Shull
BARBARA LEESTAMPER - Courtney, Chair; Veenstra and Zieman
KAREN OBERMAN - Dearden, Chair; Schuerer and Veenstra

As members of the Real Estate Commission:

LAURIE DAWLEY - Ragan, Chair; Tinsman and Veenstra
JAMES HUGHES - Johnson, Chair; Black and Shull

As members of the State Board for Respiratory Care:

SALLY STEFFEN - Sievers, Chair; Dearden and Tinsman
ROBERT ZEMAN - Drake, Chair; Ragan and Veenstra

As members of the Board of Social Work Examiners:

THOMAS CAPSHEW - Schuerer, Chair; Black and Lamberti
JOAN HESTER - Shull, Chair; Connolly and Sievers


As members of the Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology Examiners:

BECKY VILDA - Tinsman, Chair; Courtney and Schuerer
DOUGLAS WALTER - Veenstra, Chair; Dearden and Drake
KENT WEBB - Drake, Chair; Ragan and Shull

As members of the Commission of Veterans Affairs:

MILDRED DAWSON - Drake, Chair; Kibbie and Veenstra
LAUREL PHIPPS - Courtney, Chair; Johnson and Shull

As members of the Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine:

ANNE DUFFY - Connolly, Chair; Drake and Schuerer
LESLIE HEMMINGSON - Dearden, Chair; Johnson and Zieman

As Chair of the Vision Iowa Board:

MICHAEL GARTNER - Zieman, Chair; Drake and Ragan

As members of the Vision Iowa Board:

MARVIN BERENSTEIN - Tinsman, Chair; Courtney and Veenstra
LORNA BURNSIDE - Veenstra, Chair; Black and Shull
LIBBY SLAPPEY - Johnson, Chair; Dearden and Drake

TRANSPORTATION

As a member of the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Council:

JAMES ROMAR - Fraise, Chair; Drake and Kettering

As a member of the State Transportation Commission:

JEFFREY DANIELSON - Drake, Chair; Dearden and Zieman

WAYS AND MEANS

As members of the Iowa Finance Authority:

KAY ANDERSON - Rehberg, Chair; Dotzler and McKinley
CARMELA BROWN - Stewart, Chair; Angelo and Shull

As a member of the State Board of Tax Review:

STEVEN RICHARDSON - Dotzler, Chair; Larson and Miller


COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED

The following communications were received in the office of the
Secretary of the Senate and placed on file in the Legislative Service
Bureau:

March 24, 2003

BOARD OF REGENTS

Five Year Capital Building Program - notification that the report in electronic form
is available online.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Revolving Fund Sources and Uses Report - notification that the report in electronic
form is available online.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Report - notification that the report in electronic
form is available online.

SUPREME COURT OF IOWA

Clerk of Court Study Committee Report, Proposed Court Rules for Records
Management, and Proposed Statutory Amendments for Records Rule - notification that
the report in electronic form is available online.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS

APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON JUSTICE SYSTEM

Convened: March 20, 2003, 3:10 p.m.

Members Present: Miller, Chair; Angelo, Vice Chair; Fraise, Ranking Member;
Hosch and Kreiman.

Members Absent: None.

Committee Business: Passed the committee appropriations bill for the justice
system (as amended).

Adjourned: 4:25 p.m.

EDUCATION

Convened: March 24, 2003, 3:40 p.m.


Members Present: Boettger, Chair; McKinley, Vice Chair; Connolly, Ranking
Member; Angelo, Beall, Behn, Brunkhorst, Dvorsky, Holveck, Hosch, Kreiman, Larson,
Redfern, and Rehberg.

Members Absent: Quirmbach (excused).

Committee Business: Passed HFs 180 and 341.

Adjourned: 4:05 p.m.

HUMAN RESOURCES

Convened: March 24, 2003, 2:10 p.m.

Members Present: Veenstra, Chair; Seymour, Vice Chair; Ragan, Ranking Member;
Behn, Boettger, Hatch, Holveck, Horn, Hosch, Kreiman, McKinley, and Tinsman.

Members Absent: Schuerer (excused).

Committee Business: Subcommittee assignments and presentation regarding
autism.

Adjourned: 3:10 p.m.

JUDICIARY

Convened: March 24, 2003, 3:05 p.m.

Members Present: Redfern, Chair; Larson, Vice Chair; Kreiman, Ranking Member;
Boettger, Fraise, Holveck, Horn, Kettering, McCoy, McKibben, Putney, and Tinsman.

Members Absent: Lamberti, Miller, and Quirmbach (all excused).

Committee Business: Subcommittee assignments. Approved Governor’s appointees
and passed HFs 216 (as amended) and 249.

Adjourned: 3:35 p.m.

TRANSPORTATION

Convened: March 24, 2003, 2:05 p.m.

Members Present: Drake, Chair; Putney, Vice Chair; McCoy, Ranking Member;
Beall, Dearden, Fraise, Houser, Johnson, Kettering, Rehberg, Shull, Warnstadt, and
Zieman.

Members Absent: None.

Committee Business: Passed HF 339.

Adjourned: 2:10 p.m.


INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTION

Senate Resolution 25, by Lundby, a resolution honoring the
town of Troy Mills on its sesquicentennial year.

Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on Rules
and Administration.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Senate File 428, by Dvorsky, a bill for an act creating a military
family relief fund and providing an income tax checkoff for deposit in
the fund, making an appropriation, and providing a retroactive
applicability date.

Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on
Appropriations.

Senate File 429, by Dvorsky, Warnstadt, Beall, Holveck, Hatch,
Quirmbach, Ragan, Black, Kibbie, Gronstal, Connolly, Stewart, Horn,
Dearden, Courtney, Kreiman, Fraise, Seng, Bolkcom, Dotzler, and
McCoy, a bill for an act exempting active duty pay of members of the
national guard and armed forces reserve from the individual income
tax and including effective and retroactive applicability date
provisions.

Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on Ways
and Means.

STUDY BILLS RECEIVED

SSB 1179 Appropriations

Relating to and making appropriations to the department of
economic development, certain board of regents institutions,
department of workforce development, and the public employment
relations board and related matters.


SSB 1180 Appropriations

Relating to and making appropriations to the justice system and
providing an effective date.

SSB 1181 Appropriations

Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch.

SSB 1182 Appropriations

Providing for an annual increase in specified state aid to nonpublic
schools under prescribed circumstances.

SSB 1183 Ways and Means

Exempting from state individual income tax the active duty pay of
a member of the Iowa national guard or armed forces reserve units
for service performed during Operation Iraqi Freedom and including
effective and applicability date provisions.

SSB 1184 Government Oversight

Relating to concrete mixtures used for paving highways and
including an applicability provision.

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House File 234

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT: Houser, Chair; Kibbie and Wieck

House File 412

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT: Lundby, Chair; Drake and Seng

House File 489

HUMAN RESOURCES: McKinley, Chair; Ragan and Tinsman

House File 549

EDUCATION: Boettger, Chair; Connolly and McKinley


House File 574

STATE GOVERNMENT: Tinsman, Chair; Dearden and Sievers

SSB 1179

APPROPRIATIONS: McKinley, Chair; Dotzler and Lamberti

SSB 1180

APPROPRIATIONS: Miller, Chair; Fraise and Lamberti

SSB 1181

APPROPRIATIONS: Miller, Chair; Fraise and Lamberti

SSB 1182

APPROPRIATIONS: McKinley, Chair; Dvorsky and Lamberti

SSB 1183

WAYS AND MEANS: Larson, Chair; McKibben and Stewart

SSB 1184

GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT: Lundby, Chair; Brunkhorst and Dvorsky

COMMITTEE REPORTS

EDUCATION

Final Bill Action: HOUSE FILE 180, a bill for an act relating to character education
and service learning in Iowa’s elementary and secondary schools.

Recommendation: DO PASS.

Final Vote: Ayes, 13: Boettger, McKinley, Connolly, Beall, Behn, Brunkhorst,
Dvorsky, Holveck, Hosch, Kreiman, Larson, Redfern, and Rehberg. Nays, none.
Absent, 2: Angelo and Quirmbach.

Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.

ALSO:

Final Bill Action: HOUSE FILE 341, a bill for an act relating to personnel and
instructors employed by community colleges.

Recommendation: DO PASS.


Final Vote: Ayes, 13: Boettger, McKinley, Connolly, Beall, Behn, Brunkhorst,
Dvorsky, Holveck, Hosch, Kreiman, Larson, Redfern, and Rehberg. Nays, none.
Absent, 2: Angelo and Quirmbach.

Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.

JUDICIARY

Final Bill Action: *HOUSE FILE 216, a bill for an act relating to intelligence data
and intelligence assessment dissemination to an agency, organization, or person.

Recommendation: AMEND AND DO PASS, AS PROVIDED IN AMENDMENT S-3081.

Final Vote: Ayes, 11: Redfern, Larson, Kreiman, Boettger, Fraise, Horn, Kettering,
McCoy, McKibben, Putney, and Tinsman. Nays, none. Present, 1: Holveck. Absent, 3:
Lamberti, Miller, and Quirmbach.

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 House File 216, and they were
attached to the committee report.

ALSO:

Final Bill Action: HOUSE FILE 249, a bill for an act relating to the manufacture,
delivery, possession with the intent to manufacture or deliver, or conspiring to
manufacture, deliver, or possess with the intent to manufacture or deliver
flunitrazepam, and providing a penalty.

Recommendation: DO PASS.

Final Vote: Ayes, 12: Redfern, Larson, Kreiman, Boettger, Fraise, Holveck, Horn,
Kettering, McCoy, McKibben, Putney, and Tinsman. Nays, none. Absent, 3:
Lamberti, Miller, and Quirmbach.

Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.

TRANSPORTATION

Final Bill Action: HOUSE FILE 339, a bill for an act relating to snowmobile
franchises by requiring the repurchase of certain inventory upon termination of a
franchise and providing effective and retroactive applicability dates.

Recommendation: DO PASS.

Final Vote: Ayes, 13: Drake, Putney, McCoy, Beall, Dearden, Fraise, Houser,
Johnson, Kettering, Rehberg, Shull, Warnstadt, and Zieman. Nays, none. Absent,
none.

Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.


AMENDMENTS FILED

S-3075 S.F. 354 Steven H. Warnstadt
S-3076 S.F. 416 Maggie Tinsman
S-3077 S.F. 422 Donald B. Redfern
S-3078 S.F. 359 Daryl Beall
Steven H. Warnstadt
S-3079 S.F. 359 Donald B. Redfern
S-3080 S.C.R. 2 House
S-3081 H.F. 216 Judiciary
S-3082 S.F. 327 David Johnson

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