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Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Bills Introduced

Here are the Senate and House Calendars and Committee meetings showing bills of interest as well as a list of new environmental bills introduced--

Session Schedule

The Senate and House return to session on March 22 and then they take a break until mid-April.

House Session Schedule-

March 22, 23, 24
April 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28
May 3, 4, 5, 24, 25, 26
June 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

Senate Session Schedule-

March 22, 23, 24
April 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21
May 3, 4, 5, 24, 25, 26
June 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30

Calendars

House (March 22):  House Bill 80 (Vitali-D-Delaware) expanding the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards and authorizing a carbon sequestration network; House Bill 2291 (D.Evans-D-Philadelphia) enacting the 2010-11 Capital Budget.

Senate (March 22):  Senate Bill 85 (Musto-D-Luzerne) providing for an independent counsel for the Environmental Quality Board.

Committees

House:  the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2235 (Vitali-D-Delaware) which would impose a five year moratorium on leasing State Forest land for natural gas drilling, House Bill 2109 (Hornaman-D-Erie) providing for a temporary property tax assessment for alternative energy systems, House Bill 1341 (George-D-Clearfield) requiring the testing of sewage sludge before land application;  the Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 569 (Pileggi-R-Delaware) extending permit approves given by state agencies after December 31, 2008 and due to expire before July 2, 2013;  the Commerce Committee holds a hearing on the Main Street Program in Ambridge; the Rules Committee meets to consider House Resolution 642 (Godshall-R-Montgomery) designating March 27 8:30 to 9:30 as Earth Hour.

Other:  the Joint Legislative Budget and Finance Committee meets to consider release of report on Growing Greener II; the Environmental Issues Forum by Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee on Marcellus Shale; the Forestry Task Force, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee meeting.

Bills Introduced

The following bill of interest was introduced this week--

Gas Lease Conflicts:  House Bill 2276 (Major-R-Susquehanna) preventing drilling of natural gas wells across areas not leased by the drilling company.

 


3/22/2010

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