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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

Senate Fall Session
September 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30
October 12, 13, 14
November 18 (Ceremonial Session to Elect an Interim President Pro Tempore)

House Fall Session
September 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
October 4, 5, 6
November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16

Calendars

House (September 13): House Bill 80 (Vitali-D-Delaware) expanding the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards and authorizing a carbon sequestration networkHouse 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):  All items were Tabled.

Committees

House: the Consumer Affairs Committee holds two hearings, one on House Bill 1817 (Schroder-R-Chester) adopting the Mid-Atlantic Natural Gas Pipeline Corridor Compact and a second on House Bill 2619 (Preston-D-Allegheny) providing for municipality-based electric generation aggregation in Bethlehem.
Bills Introduced

The following bill of interest was introduced this week--

Oil & Gas Well Permits:  Senate Bill 1461 (Leach-D-Montgomery) further providing for setbacks from  water supplies, requiring municipal notification of permits, setting requirements for well pad access roads, prohibiting well fracking in certain areas and making other changes.


9/6/2010

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