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Legislative Newsletter
Stan Gustafson
Iowa House Representative
District 25
N/Warren Town and County News
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Senate News
By State Senator JulfanB. Garrett
Julian.Garrett@legis.iowa.gov.
School Start Date
We debated the school start date bill in the Senate on
March 10. Under the Senate bill, local school districts
would be able to decide their school start dates. We
passed the bill 32-17 with one Senator absent. I voted
for the bill. A large group of students, parents and school
officials visited the Capitol that day to discuss the im-
portance of the year-round school calendar at Irving
Elementary School in Indianola.
The House Education Committee passed its version
of the bill February 11. It appears that the final House
bill will contain a "compromise" provision that does
not allow schools to start before August 23. I am opti-
mistic that we will be able to get a waiver provision in
the bill allowing year-round schools to start earlier. I
expect the "compromise" bill to pass the House and
Senate. If we do nothing, we will be subject to the cur-
Over 180 Bills and Resolutions made it through Fun-
nel Week with the following Committee breakdown: Ag-
riculture 11; Commerce 20; Education 29; Economic
Growth* 5; Environmental Protection 3; Human Re-
sources* 17; Judicial* 17; Labor 2; Local Government 14;
Natural Resources 6; Public Safety 6; State Government
19; Transportation 9; Veterans Affairs* 4_ Some of the
Bills have been pas e t by both the House and the Sen-
ate and signed by the Governor, some of the Bills have
been referred to the Appropriations or the Ways and
Means Committees and some have been placed on the
House Calendar to be debated.
The House has been debating and passing Bills all
during the session' between Committee meetings.
rent law that does not allow schools to start before the
week that includes September 1.
Revenue Estimate
With the new revenue estimates out March 19, we
will be able to move forward with the budget bills. With
everyone expecting a lower revenue estimate, it has been
nearly impossible to do serious budget work.
• Gun Rights
Last week the House passed House File 527 that
makes several changes in the law involving permits to
carry firearms and permitting the ownership of sound
suppressors, commonly called silencers, that I described
last week. We passed a very similar bill in the Senate
Judiciary Committee and we are now waiting to see if
Senator Gronstal will bring it up for a vote on the floor.
Internet Fantasy Sports Gambling
The Senate passed a bill to legalize internet sports
fantasy gambling as long as it involved no high school
players. The proponents insisted that the bill really did
not involve gambling. They claimed it was skill. I did
not buy that argument. No matter how much time a
person spends studying different players, there are al-
ways times when the star has an off day and someone
comes off the bench and scores 20 points to win the
game. No one can predict when things like that are go-
ing to happen. I believe betting on the performance of a
player or players involves as much luck as skill. I voted
against the bill.
Wilder Elementary Visit
A number of students from Wilder Elementary in
Now that the first Funnel Week has passed, many of the Indianola visited the Capitol Thursday, March 12. I en-
Committeemeetings have been cancelled and the House . joyed visiting with them and answering questions about
is focusing almost full time on the passing of Bills. All how the Senate works.
Bills debated this week can be found in the House Ac-
tion Archives under the Legislation tab of the legisla-
tive website: www.legis.iowa.gov. If you want to know
how I voted on each Bill you can access the House Jour-
nal under the Senate/House tab on the website. Note
that amendments are generally voted on by voice vote
unless a Legislator requests a roll call vote. Votes on the
actual Bill is a roll call vote. If there is a Senate Bill that
is identical the House substitutes the Senate Bill for the
House Bill before voting.
I continue to receive emails and letters from constitu-
ents about the proposed 1.25% increase in the Supple-
mental School Aid. Current revenue collections are trail-
ing the December estimate. Actual returns are lagging
behind the REC projection. If revenue continues to come
in below expectations, the March revenue estimate (due
March 19) may require that the 1.25% SSA already ap-
proved by the House to be revised downward. Spending
more taxpayer money above the 1.25% level requires
real reductions in other areas of the state budget like
Medicaid or it requires an immediate tax increase.
The last Bill on the Agenda for House debate this
week was HF573. This Bill requires physicians who per-
form an abortion to certify that an ultrasound has been
performed and the mother given the opportunity to view
the ultrasound image of the fetus and the option of hear-
ing the heartbeat and hearing a description of the ultra-
sound image before an abortion can take place. After
several hours of spirited and emotional debate about
the Bill and potential amendments relative to both the
ultrasound procedure as well as abortion in general the
Bill was passed and will be sent to the Senate. The House
Manager of the Bill ended the debate with a question. If
we are assuring the rights of men and women, why not
also the rights of the unborn? I voted for the Bill be-
cause I believe an expectant mother should have all in-
formation available so that she can make an informed
decision.
You can find my webpage under the "Our Members"
tab at www.iowahouserepublicans.com.
Upcoming Town Hall Meeting
I will be at the Administration Building on Boston
Street in Indianola for a Town Hall Meeting, Saturday,
March 21, at 10 a.m. The meeting will be in the second
floor meeting room. The public is welcome and invited
to ask questions or make comments on whatever is on
their mind. I hope you can make it.
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Glen Blumcr, Pastor 515-953-0322
515-287-8580 10 am Worship
9:30 am Worship Children's Ministry, 0-5
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*** Grace Baptist Church
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225 North Ave. Doug VanWey, Pastor
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Rob Jones, Pastor 10:45 am Worship
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Disciple City for Children: ***
(18 months-5th grade) Mt. Zion Church of God
Sunday Mornings, 8383 Ridgeview Dr.
8:30 & 10:30 am David Chu, Pastor
Quality childcare provided664-2828
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for children under 18 mo.
Sonshine Choir for K-5th: MARTENSDALE
Sunday Evenings, 6 pm Martensdale Comnmni.ty
New! Fellowship Kids: (An Evangelical Free Church)
Wednesday Evenings, 6:30 pm 1 Mile North of Martensdale on
'Unstoppable" for Jr. High: (6th- Hwy 28
8th grade) Jeremy Kidder, Pastor
Sunday Evenings, 6-8 pm 641-764-2491
'Unshaken" for Sr. High: (9th- Worship: 9 am
12th grade) Bible Study: 10:30 am
Jr. High & Sr. High Youth: 6 pm
Sunday Evenings, 6-8 pm
*** Sunday
First Baptist Church ***
Sunset Dr. & Mafred St. Paul Lutheran Church
981-4391 (Evangelical Lutheran Church
Trey Perrott, Pastor in America)
9:30 am Coffee Fellowship 615 Iowa Ave.
10 am Morning Worship 641-764-2752
5:30 pm Sunday Kids Ron Mohr, Pastor, 770-1286
and Adult Ministries Don Rothweiler, Pastor
Class for all ages 9:30 am Worship
Nursery Provided Call for times on Adult and
Wednesday Night Link Groups Children Bible Studies
New Life Lutheran Church PROLE
4380 Wakonda Dr. - 285-5965 Linn Grove
www.newlifenorwalk.org United Methodist Church
Nate Liedtke, Pastor 7483 50th St. - 981-4062
8:15 am & 10:30 am WorshipGinni Otto, Pastor
9:30 am Sunday School Free-will offering
Childcare Provided Breakfast 8-9:30 am
*** 10 am Worship
Norwalk Christian Church Adult Sunday School - 11 am
(Disciples) ***
701 Main St. - 981-0176 INDIANOLA
Travis Stanley, Pastor Freedom Fellowship Church
Marti Stanley, Pastor (IFFC)
8:30 am Informal Worship 2604 N. Jefferson Way
9:15 am Church School 515-961-5755
10:30 am Worship Pastor Jeff Rabe
Nursery Provided Pastor's Cell 515-333-2458
Wed. pm CYF & Chi Rho 9:30 am Sunday Worship
*** 12:45-2 pm Wed. Adult Bible
Norwalk United Study
Methodist Church Tues.-Thurs. is for
1801 Sunset Dr. - 981-4251Community Food Closet.
Rev. Kiboko I. Kiboko (Please call for availability)
8:15 am Worship ***
9:15 am Sunday School Good Shepherd
10:30 am Worship Evangelical Lutheran Church
5:30 pm Saturday Worship (ELS)
Nursery Provided 202 N. Kenwood - 962-0351
*** Robert Hatting, Pastor
St. John the Apostle 9 am Worship
Catholic Church 10:15 Sunday School
720 Orchard Hills Dr. ***
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4 pm Saturday Regular worship schedules of
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