1

(SF 2304) 

Instead of using $120 million from the Rainy Day Fund, the 2002 budget was readjusted by using only $45 million from the Rainy Day Fund, transferring $51 million from other funds, and forcing a 1% cut in some departments and furloughs for state employees. 

• IFL position was "NO." 
• House Vote: Passed 54 yes – 45 no  
• Passed Senate and signed by Governor

2

RAINY DAY AMENDMENT 

(H-8104 to SF 2304) 

This amendment would have enacted Governor Vilsack’s proposal to use $120 million in Rainy Day money so that no cuts or lay-offs would have to occur. 

• IFL position was "YES." 
• House Vote: Failed 55 no – 42 yes

3

(H-8112 to SF 2304)  

Provides $12.8 million from Economic Emergency Fund to prevent furloughs or layoffs of workers providing public protection services, including members of the national guard, nurses, hospital workers, corrections officers, child protection workers and others who provide important services to Iowans.  

• IFL position was "YES."  
• House Vote: Failed 44 yes – 55 no

4

(SF 2326)   

Appropriates $2.7 billion from the General Fund for Administration and Regulation, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economic Development, Education, Health and Human Rights, Human Services, Justice Systems and Judicial Branch and Standing Appropriations. This represents a cut of $88.1 million and over 285 employee positions.   

• IFL position was "NO."  
• House Vote: Passed 54 yes – 43 no  
• Passed Senate and item vetoed by Governor

5

H-8519 to HF 2614) 

Diverts $60 million from the sales tax on cars, which usually goes into the road fund, to pay for education. 

• IFL position was "YES." House Vote: 
• Failed 54 no – 42 yes

6

(H-8013 to HF 2078) 

Eliminates a provision that allows shareholders of a Subchapter S Corporation that allocates income to other states to deduct 100% of their federal tax liability from their Iowa income tax, costing the state $950,000 in lost revenue per year. 

• IFL position was "NO." 
• House Vote: Failed 60 no – 39 yes

7

(SF 2318) 

Provides a 50% tax cut for insurance companies that will cost Iowa $50 million to $78 million in lost revenue per year. 

• IFL position was "NO." House Vote: 
• Passed 66 yes – 33 no 
• Passed Senate and signed by Governor

8

(SF 2190)

Reduces Workers’ Compensation benefits for workers who sustain a permanent injury by crediting the employer for any previous permanent injury and subtracting the percentage from the worker’s current benefit. 

• IFL position was "NO." 
• House Vote: Passed 53 yes – 42 no 
• Passed Senate and vetoed by Governor

9

(H-8349 to SF 2190)  

Allows injured workers to choose their own medical care in a Workers’ Compensation case.  

• IFL position was "YES."  
• House Vote: Failed 41 no – 52 yes

10

(SF 2048) 

Prohibits Vision Iowa funds from being disbursed to public entities if the project is being constructed under a Project Labor Agreement, thus denying government the same tool that private industry uses to assure quality work, timely completion of a project and fair wages and benefits for employees. 

• IFL position was "NO." 
• House Vote: Passed 54 yes – 40 no 
• Vetoed by Governor

11

(HF 2217) 

Destroys state workers’ right to sue for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act by reversing a Supreme Court decision that allows salaried management and professional employees to receive overtime pay if they are subject to disciplinary layoffs. 

• IFL position was "NO." 
• House Vote: Failed 44 yes – 49 no

12

(SF 2121) 

Lifts restrictions to allow workers under 18 who are employed to wash cars to work with chemicals and detergents that might be corrosive, toxic or even potentially fatal. 

• IFL position was "NO." 
• House Vote: Passed 59 yes – 31 no  
• Vetoed by Governor