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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--
UPDATED- Session Schedule
Note: Late Friday the House announced it would be holding voting session days October 18 and possible more days to vote on House Bill 2497, the pension reform and Independent Fiscal Office bill.
We were told earlier the Senate does intend to come back to finish action on a Marcellus Shale natural gas severance tax when (or if) there is final agreement on a package. The Senate still has no plans to consider legislation after the election.
The House had already committed to return before the election, if there is an agreement on the tax.
UPDATED. House Democratic Leadership reversed course suddenly Saturday and said Monday, October 18 would not be a voting session day. The reason for the change, coming in less than 24 hours, was they lacked the votes needed to pass a pension reform bill.
Senate Session
November 17 (Ceremonial Session to Elect an Interim President Pro Tempore)
House Session
October 18, (Now Non-Voting Day)
November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16
Calendars
House (October 18): 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; House Bill 2619 (Preston-D-Allegheny) further providing for municipal aggregation of electric generation supply; House Resolution 864 (Mundy-D-Luzerne) memorializing Congress to pass the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act.
Senate (November 17): All bills remaining on the Senate Calendar were Tabled prior to adjournment.
Committees
House: the House Democratic Policy Committee holds a hearing on Marcellus shale environmental issues in Phoenixville.
Bills Introduced
The following bills of interest were introduced this week (but will go nowhere)--
Conservation Districts: House Bill 2771 (Boback-R-Columbia) PA Conservation District Delegated Oversight Act designating conservation districts as the primary agency for reviewing erosion and sedimentation control permits.
Drilling Damages: Senate Bill 1486 (Greenleaf-R-Montgomery) amending the Oil and Gas Act to require disclosure to the landowner by gas companies the landowner may be liable for damages done to other properties as a result of gas drilling.
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