Here are the Senate and House Calendars and Committee meeting schedule showing bills of interest--

Session Schedule

The Senate and House return to session on March 8, but will hold budget hearings between now and then.

House Session Schedule-

Senate Session Schedule-

Calendars

House (March 8):  House Bill 80 (Vitali-D-Delaware) expanding the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards and authorizing a carbon sequestration network; Senate Bill 297 (Yaw-R-Bradford) amending the Oil and Gas Act to require semi-annual well production reporting.

Senate (March 8):  Senate Resolution 215 (Brubaker-R-Lancaster) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study the costs to achieve nutrient reductions from agricultural sources to meet Chesapeake Bay reduction standards.

Committees

House: Game and Fisheries Committee holds hearings on the Game Commission and Fish and Boat Commission annual reports; the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds a hearing in Clearfield on mitigating the environmental risks associated with drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation and House Bill 2213 (George-D-Clearfield) providing for additional well casing and other protections for groundwater for drilling operations.

Senate: Appropriations Committee budget hearings: Department of Revenue/ Governor's Budget Office, Department of Agriculture.

Other: Joint Legislative Budget & Finance Committee meeting on PA Deer Management Program and Forest Revenue and Mneral Extraction on State Game Lands.

Note: Senate and House budget hearings can be seen online on the PCN TV website.

2/12/2010