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

Here is the Senate and House schedule

Senate
April 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
April 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 (April 11): House Bill 295 (Freeman-D-Lehigh) extending the grant period for  the Main Street Program; 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.   <>  Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate (April 11):   <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committees

House: the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 265 (MJ White-R-Venango) amending the Coal and Gas Resource Coordination Act.  <>  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate: the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider the nomination of George Greig as Secretary of Agriculture.  <>  Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.

Other:  the Joint Legislative Air And Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee holds a hearing on waste tire recycling and reuse

Bills Introduced

The following bills of interest were introduced this week--

Senate

Administrative Procedure Code: Senate Bill 883 (Greenleaf-R-Montgomery) establishing the Administrative Procedure Code consolidating the Commonwealth Documents Law, the Commonwealth Attorneys Law and the Regulatory Review Act.

Drilling Moratorium: Senate Bill 906  (Ferlo-D-Allegheny) establishing a statewide Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling moratorium.

House

Outdoor Advertising ControlHouse Bill 1272 (Adolph-R-Delaware) further providing for the regulation of outdoor advertising.

Green Technology Testing: House Bill 1290 (George-D-Clearfield) creating the State Agency Green Technology testing program.

DSIC/Utility Property Valuation: House Bill 1294 (Godshall-R-Montgomery) further providing for valuation of water and wastewater system property and providing alternative ratemaking mechanism (DSIC) for natural gas and other utility distribution systems.


4/11/2011

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