The House and Senate return to voting session on June 22.

Session Schedule

Here's the House and Senate session schedule through June 2009--

House

June 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 20

Senate

June 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30

Calendars

House (June 22): House Bill 42 (Freeman-D-Lehigh) providing for Historic Preservation Grants; House Bill 687 (Dermody-D-Allegheny) expanding the guaranteed energy savings contract provisions to include technology upgrades designed to reduce water and wastewater consumption or operating expenses; House Bill 786 (George-D-Clearfield) creating a State Energy Office within DEP; House Bill 1394 (Houghton-D-Chester) would clarify the status of land leased for exploration of oil and gas, coal bed methane extraction and commercial wind energy production; House Bill 984 (Kessler-D-Berks) would limit the roll-back taxes when a landowner leases land enrolled in the program for a wind power generation system; House Bill 1609 (Freeman-D-Lehigh) amending the Municipalities Planning code to further define traditional neighborhood development; House Resolution 17 (Harper-R-Montgomery) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to review the Growing Greener Program and the Community Conservation Partnerships Program.

Senate (June 22): Senate Bill 298 (Yaw-R-Bradford) allowing the split off of preserved farmland for drilling purposes; Senate Bill 783 (MJ White-R-Venango) requiring additional reporting on the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund; Senate Bill 547 (Rafferty-R-Montgomery) providing penalties for repeat violations of landfill regulations;Senate Bill 880 (Wonderling-R-Montgomery) reimbursing developers for certain brownfields redevelopment costs;Senate Bill 886 (Musto-D-Luzerne) extending the $2/ton Recycling Fee through 2020 and authorizing $1.25 million from the Recycling Fund to cleanup waste tire piles; Senate Bill 901 (Scarnati-R-Jefferson) exempting certain small refineries for one year from biodiesel mandate.

Committees

House: the Rules Committee meets to consider House Bill 80 (Vitali-D-Delaware) creating a carbon sequestration network and expanding the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards; the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1489 (George-D-Clearfield) establishing a natural gas severance tax.

Senate: the Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 901 (Scarnati-R-Jefferson) exempting certain small refineries for one year from biodiesel mandate.

Bills Introduced

This bill of interest were introduced this week--

Well Tax Credit: House Bill 1714 (Sonney-R-Erie) providing a tax credit for drilling a natural gas well for onsite use.

6/19/2009