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Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Bills Introduced
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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
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 27, 28, 29, 30
October 12, 13, 14
November 18 (Ceremonial Session to Elect an Interim President Pro Tempore)
House Fall Session
September 27, 28, 29
October 4, 5, 6
November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16
Calendars
House (September 27): 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; Senate Bill 298 (Yaw-R-Bradford) amends the Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act to allow the splitting off of preserved farm and forest lands used for alternative energy systems and natural gas and coal bed methane; 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 864 (Mundy-D-Luzerne) memorializing Congress to pass the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act; House Resolution 879 (Haluska-D-Cambria) urging EPA to revise the proposed boiler MACT rule.
Senate (September 27): House Bill 1128 (Preston-D-Allegheny) was amended to increase the solar standard to 1.5 percent and then the overall Tier 1 alternative energy standard to 9 percent by 2021; Senate Bill 1422 (D.White-R-Indiana) authorizing PennVEST to fund non-point source management projects including specifically urban stormwater projects; House Bill 2591 (George-D-Clearfield) authorizing PennVEST to fund non-point source management projects including specifically urban stormwater projects; House Bill 708 (Ross-R-Chester) requiring electronics recycling funded by industry fees; House Bill 2291 (D.Evans-D-Philadelphia) 2010-2011 Capital Budget projects bill.
Committees
House: the Consumer Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 2693 (Baker-R-Tioga) further providing for the regulation of pipelines by the PUC; the Tourism and Recreational Development Committee meets to consider House Resolution 884 (Levdansky-D-Allegheny) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to do an economic impact assessment of recreational water trails.
Senate: the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee holds a hearing on state Office of Homeland Security contractor naming Marcellus Shale drilling opponents as terrorists; the Urban Affairs and Housing Committee holds a hearing on the impact of natural gas industry on housing in northcentral Pennsylvania.
Other: Environmental Issues Forum on Carbon Trading, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee; the Joint Legislative Budget and Finance Committee meets to consider release of reports on REAP farm conservation tax credit and Clean and Green programs. Bills Introduced
The following bills of interest were introduced this week--
Frac Fluids: Senate Bill 1473 (A.Williams-D-Philadelphia) requiring reports on the content of fracking fluids used in Marcellus Shale natural gas wells. Drilling Moratorium: House Bill 2754 (Payton-D-Philadelphia) enacting a statewide moratorium on Marcellus Shale drilling and establishing the Marcellus Well Drilling Study Commission. |
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9/27/2010 |
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