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

Senate Fall Session

House Fall Session

Calendars

House (September 13): House Bill 80 (Vitali-D-Delaware) expanding the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards and authorizing a carbon sequestration network; House Bill 894 (Phillips-R-Northumberland) establishing a Lyme Disease Task Force and assigning responsibilities to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources without funding;  House Bill 2405 (DePasquale-D-York) which would increase the solar mandate provisions of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards and provide for carbon sequestration facilities.

Senate (September 20): Senate Bill 1394 (Eichelberger-R-Blair) requiring permits fees for non-coal mining operations to be set by regulation;  House Bill 444 (M.Smith-D-Chester) setting standards for high performance green buildings without funding; House Bill 786 (George-D-Clearfield) establishing a State Energy Office within the Department of Environmental Protection without funding; House Bill 1394 (Houghton-D-Erie) providing for the splitting off of farmland for the production of alternative energy;  House Bill 1609 (Freeman-D-Lehigh) further providing for traditional neighborhood development in the Municipalities Planning Code.

Committees

House: the Consumer Affairs Committee holds a hearing on Senate Bill 168 (Brubaker-R-Lancaster) authorizing boroughs to enter into energy contracts; the House Democratic Policy Committee holds a hearing on pharmaceutical disposal issues.

Bills Introduced

This bill of interest was introduced this week--

Gas Well Reporting:  House Bill 381 (Mundy-D-Luzerne) requiring additional gas well waste production and disposal reporting and tracking.

8/9/2010