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 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
October 4, 5, 6
November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16

 

Calendars

 

House (September 20): 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; House Resolution 826 (Goodman-D-Schuylkill) memorializing the U.S. EPA to uniformly enforce RCRA on all hazardous waste reclamation companies; House Resolution 864 (Mundy-D-Luzerne) memorializing Congress to pass the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act.


Senate (September 20):  All items were Tabled.

 

Committees

 

House: the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Resolution 879  (Haluska-D-Cambria) urging EPA to revise the proposed boiler MACT rule; the Appropriations Committee meets to consider or House Bill 1800 (D.Evans-D-Philadelphia) the House Democrats Transportation Funding Proposal.

 

Senate: the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1422 (D.White-R-Indiana) authorizing PennVEST to fund non-point source management projects including specifically urban stormwater projects, House Bill 708 (Ross-R-Chester) requiring electronics recycling, House Bill 2591 (George-D-Clearfield) authorizing PennVEST to fund non-point source management projects including specifically urban stormwater projects; the Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider House Bill 1128 (Preston-D-Allegheny) further providing for civil penalties for gas pipeline safety violations.

 

Other: the Joint Legislative Budget & Finance Committee meets to release performance audit of Fish & Boat Commission.

 

Bills Introduced

 

The following bills of interest were introduced this week--

 

Gas Pipelines:  House Bill 2693 (M.Baker-R-Bradford) providing for the regulation of gas and oil pipelines.

 

Well Permitting:  House Bill 2694 (Mundy-D-Luzerne) further providing for the regulation of oil and gas well erosion permitting, providing for a three year moratorium on drilling and prohibiting wells on a floodplain.

 

Notice Of Well Permits:  House Bill 2726 (J.White-D-Allegheny) providing for municipal notice of oil and gas well permits.

 


9/20/2010

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