The Senate and House committee meeting schedules and floor Calendars are listed here--

Session Schedule

The Senate Leadership said this week they may return on November 20-21 to deal with Gov. Rendell’s nominations and to wrap up the 2007-08 legislative session. Here is the fall voting schedule—

House

September 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, and 24

October 6, 7, and 8

November 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 24, and 25

Senate

September 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24

October 6, 7, 8

The Senate will not be in session after the November election, except to possibly consider some nominations and wrap up the session on November 20-21.

You can watch the Senate Floor Session and House Floor Session live online.

Calendars/Committees

The Senate and House committee meeting schedules and floor Calendars as they left them for summer recess--

Calendars

House (September 15): House Bill 934 (Scavello-R-Monroe) authorizing counties to impose up to a $4/ton solid waste management fee to support local recycling, anti-litter programs; House Bill 44 (Rubley-R-Chester) banning the sale, installation and unsafe disposal of mercury thermostats; House Resolution 546 (George-D-Clearfield) urging Congress to investigate gas and energy prices;; House Resolution 712 (Hutchinson-R-Venango) re-establishing the Forestry Task Force; House Resolution 719 (George-D-Clearfield) endorsing request for federal funding for PA river basin commissions.

Special Session House Bill 13 (Bennington-R-Mifflin) amends the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act to provide for increased use of energy efficiency, extends the compliance period from 15 to 21 years and provides additional milestones for the use of alternative energy; Special Session House Bill 17 (McIlvaine Smith-D-Montgomery) excluding purchase price of hybrid electric vehicles from sales and use tax; Special Session House Resolution 6 (Thomas-D-Philadelphia) designating November 15 as “Pennsylvania GIS Day” and the week of November 11-17 as “National Geography Awareness Week.”

Senate: All bills on the Calendar were tabled before the summer break.

Bills Introduced

The following bill of interest was introduced this week—

Regal Butterfly: House Bill 2748 (Eachus-D-Luzerne) designating the Regal Fritillary butterfly as the official state butterfly.

Land Conservation Credit: House Bill 2752 (Milne-R-Chester) Establish a Land Conservation Tax Credit for voluntary conservation donation equal to 50 percent of the donation.

Allegheny River: House Resolution 865 (Petrone-D-Allegheny) urging the U.S. Board of Geographic Names to designate the Allegheny River as the true headwaters of the Mississippi River. (not yet online)

8/29/2008