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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 is the Senate and House schedule--
Senate
March 7, 8, 9 (Budget Hearings Weeks of 14th, 21th & 28th)
April 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 26, 27
May 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30
House
March 7, 8, and 9, (Budget Hearings Weeks of 14th, 21th & 28th)
April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, (25 NV), 26, and 27
May 2, 3, 4, 9. 10, 11, 23, 24, and 25
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, and 30
Bill Calendars
House (March 7): House Bill 144 (Pickett-R-Bradford) further providing for corrective language regarding when roll-back taxes are due when an oil or gas well is drilled on enrolled land. <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.
Senate (March 7): Senate Bill 325 (Baker-R-Luzerne) giving the Public Utility Commission further authority to regulate pipeline safety. <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.
Committees
House: the Human Services Committee meets to consider House Bill 272 (Hess-R-Bedford) establishing the Lyme Disease Task Force; the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 608 (Brooks-R-Crawford) providing for using bioenergy crops for reclamation of abandoned mines and House Resolution 87 (Pyle-R-Armstrong) calling on the Region III office of the U.S. Environmental Protection to cease the unlawful review of NPDES water quality permits; the Consumer Affairs Committee holds informational meetings to provide an overview of the Public Utility Commission and its issues and on the natural gas industry. <> Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.
Senate: the Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 302 (MJ White-R-Venango) further providing for annual reports from the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund, Senate Bill 303 (MJ White-R-Venango) providing for reports from the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund, Senate Bill 304 (MJ White-R-Venango) requiring further public review of state Air Quality Implementation Plans. <> Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.
Other: Governor's Budget Address; Environmental Issues Forum presentation by David Sheridan, Green Building Association of Central Pennsylvania. Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Bills Introduced
The following bills of interest were introduced this week--
Natural Gas Pooling: Senate Bill 722 (Yaw-R-Bradford) providing for company to company natural gas pooling. Natural Gas Severance Tax: House Bill 833 (George-D-Clearfield) providing for the imposition of a severance tax on Marcellus Shale natural gas.
Oil And Gas Fund: House Bill 866 (Aument-R-Lancaster) requiring revenues from leasing oil and gas minerals from any land owned by the Commonwealth, except game and fish lands, to be placed in a new Oil and Gas Lease Fund to be used for conservation, recreation, dams or flood control or to match any federal grants made for those purposes.
Incentives For Coal Use: House Bill 880 (Pyle-R-Armstrong) establishing a PA Coal and Air Quality Improvement Tax Credit; House Bill 882 (Pyle) exclude coal processing from Capital Stock and Franchise Tax.
Presumption, Gas Wells: House Bill 895 (Pickett-R-Tioga) increasing the area of rebuttal presumption for contamination to 2,500 feet under Oil and Gas Act.
Game/Fish Commission Leasing: House Bill 897 (Causer-R-Cameron) directing 20 percent of the revenues from mineral and timber leasing to the county in which they are generated.
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3/7/2011 |
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