NOTE: Due to the unpredictable nature of the Senate and House Committee schedule, meetings will be scheduled and cancelled quickly. The Calendars and Committee schedules this week are only a snapshot in time. 

Session Schedule 

The House has scheduled August 3 to 7 as session days and the Senate has scheduled only August 3. Keep in mind, the schedule, with all the budget discussions, is "flexible."

Calendars

House (August 3): Note: House Majority Leader Todd Eachus (D-Luzerne) said last week the House would be suspending the legislative Calendar until the budget is resolved. House Bill 80 (Vitali-D-Delaware) expanding the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards and authorizing a carbon sequestration network; 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.  

Senate (August 3): House Bill 1798 (Eachus-D-Luzerne) adding not-for-profit organizations as an eligible applicant of the H20 water infrastructure program; Senate Bill 1034 (Stout-D-Washington) adding areas adjacent to or an expansion of an existing coal refuse disposal site to preferred coal refuse disposal sites priorities; Senate Bill 974 (D.White-R-Indiana) directing DCNR to honor leases during periods when State Parks or Forests are closed due to an action of the agency; Senate Bill 168 (Brubaker-R-Lancaster) authorizing purchase of electricity by boroughs. 

Committees 

House: the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 901 (Scarnati-R-Jefferson) extending by one year the deadline to comply with biodiesel mandate for small refineries.

8/3/2009