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

Session Schedule

Here is the House and Senate 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

November 20-21 (tribute to retiring members, certain nominations)

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.

Committees

House: the House Urban Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 2559 (Petrone-D-Allegheny) guaranteed energy savings contracts; the State Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 2748 (Eachus-D-Luzerne) adopting the Regal Fritillary butterfly as the official state butterfly; the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1164 (Wansacz-D-Luzerne) setting sitting criteria for landfills near State Parks, Special Session House Bill 54 (George-D-Clearfield) extending electric rate caps and implementation of a least-cost portfolio, House Resolution 848 (Waters-D-Philadelphia) urging President and Congress to increase funding for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, House Resolution 843 (George-D-Clearfield) authorizing the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee to investigate all aspects of the Governor’s Energy Initiative; the House Republican Policy Committee holds a hearing on natural gas drilling in Marcellus Shale in Towanda.

Senate: the Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on nutrient credit trading-- Senate Bill 1493 (Vance-R-Cumberland); the Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee meets to consider House Bill 420 (Hickernell-R-Lancaster) amending the Main Street Program, House Bill 2233 (Freeman-D-Lehigh) extending the Elm Street Program.

Bills Introduced

This bill of interest was introduced this week—

Geothermal Credit: House Bill 2754 (Benninghoff-R-Mifflin) establishing a tax credit for purchase of geothermal energy systems.

9/12/2008