The Senate will be in voting session April 18, but the House will not. But both have bills and issues on the agenda.

In the Senate: Senate Bill 197 (Rafferty-R-Montgomery) providing DEP with additional authority to enforce landfill requirements and consider past violations in permit decisions, and Senate Bill 291 (Conti-R-Bucks) authorizing watershed-wide zoning by municipalities are on the Senate Calendar as well as the Senate versions of budget bills – Senate Bills 609 thru 614.

In the House: The Game and Fisheries Committee informational meeting on DCNR’s deer count.

4/15/2005