Here's the latest session schedule, Senate and House Calendars and Committee schedules--

Session Schedule 

The Senate will come back to session on October 19 and 20 for the swearing in of the newest Senator Bob Mensch. The House will not return to voting session until after the election on November 9 and will be in session November 10, 16, 17, 18 and December 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9.

Calendars

House (Next Voting Day): 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; House Bill 1489 (George-D-Clearfield) authorizing a natural gas severance tax. 

Senate (Next Voting Day): Senate Resolution 153 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) urging Congress to exclude youth ATVs, motorcycles and snowmobiles from lead limit requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.

Committees

House: the Game and Fisheries Committee holds a hearing on the process for distributing antlerless deer permits; the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 1788 (Cutler-R-Lancaster) which would provide payments to municipalities where 10 percent or more of their land was included in farmland conservation programs.

10/19/2009