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 House and Senate return to session on May 24. The Senate and House then break until after the May 18 Primary election.

House Session Schedule-

Senate Session Schedule-

Calendars

House (May 24):  House Bill 80 (Vitali-D-Delaware) expanding the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards and authorizing a carbon sequestration network.

Senate (May 24):  House Bill 687 (Dermody-D-Allegheny) adding upgrades to reduce water and wastewater consumption, production were included in changes to the law authorizing guaranteed energy savings contracts;  Senate Bill 1176 (D.White-R-Indiana), Senate Bill 1196 (D.White), Senate Bill 1197 (D.White) requiring mining permit fees to be adopted by regulation.

Committees

House: the Finance Committee holds three public hearings on House Bill 2443 (Levdansky-D-Allegheny) imposing a natural gas production severance tax reserving funding for environmental and other programs and to balance the budget in Indiana, Williamsport and Shawnee on Delaware; the House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on Marcellus Shale drilling water quality issues in Uniontown.

Senate: the Senate Republican Policy Committee hearing on Marcellus Shale Gas Pipeline issues in Williamsport.

Bills Introduced

The following bills of interest were introduced this week--

Firing Ranges:  Senate Bill 1345 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) establishing a Task Force On Lead Management and Remediation at Firing Ranges.

5/10/2010