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

The Senate and House are on break for the May 17 Primary Election.

Here is the Senate and House schedule-- 18 voting days until budget deadline.

Senate
May 23, 24
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30

House
May 23, 24, and 25
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, and 30

Bill Calendars

House (May 23):   <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate (May 23):  Senate Bill 151 (Pileggi-R-Delaware) providing for sharing Air Pollution Control Act penalties with municipalities; Senate Bill 292 (Eichelberger-R-Blair) Amends the Flood Control Law by increasing the minimum amount which must be bid through a public advertising process from $4,000 to $25,000 for flood control projects performed by the Water and Power Resources Board; Senate Bill 308 (Pippy-R-Allegheny) further providing for the eligibility of sewer laterals for funding; Senate Bill 367 (D.White-R-Indiana) authorizing the leasing of mineral rights on other state lands and depositing the proceeds in the Environmental Stewardship Fund; Senate Bill 460 (Yaw-R-Bradford) requiring when payment is made for oil or gas production to an interest owner, itemized deduction information will be included on the check stub or an attachment to the form payment; Senate Bill 469 (Argall-R-Schuylkill) Allows walking, jogging, bicycling, exercising and horseback riding on nature trails as a recreational purpose by limiting liability and was changed by a technical amendment; Senate Bill 618 (Yudichak-D-Luzerne) providing independent counsel for Environmental Quality Board; Senate Bill 898 (Tomlinson-R-Bucks) Amend the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act to provide that all municipal subdivision and land development ordinances are pre-empted by the Noncoal Act.   <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committees

The Senate and House are on break for the May 17 Primary Election.

House:   <>  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate:   <>  Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.

Bills Introduced

The following bills of interest were introduced this week--

General Fund Budget: House Bill 1485 (Adolph-R-Delaware) FY 2011-12 General Fund Budget as proposed by Gov. Corbett was amended to add the changes proposed by House Republicans and reported from the House Appropriations Committee and Tabled.

AEPS-Biomass Energy: House Bill 1522 (Everett-R-Lycoming) amending the definition of biomass energy in the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards.

Capital Budget: Senate Bill 1054 (Corman-R-Centre) providing for a 2011-12 Capital Budget.

Housing Connection: Senate Bill 1068 (Smucker-R-Lancaster) amending the PennVEST Act to establish a program to attach municipal housing to utilities.


5/16/2011

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