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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 latest voting session schedule for the Senate and House--
Senate
October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31
November 1, 14, 15, 16
December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14
House
October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31
November 1, 2, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14
Bill Calendars
House (October 17): Senate Bill 303 (MJ White-R-Venango) providing for the disposition of fines under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act; Senate Bill 304 (MJ White-R-Venango) requiring the posting of the state air quality implementation plan on the Internet; House Resolution 70 (Harhart-R-Lehigh) requesting the Department of Transportation to study the potential use of quarry and other mining waste in highway and civil engineering projects. <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.
Senate (October 17): Senate Bill 367 (D.White-R-Indiana) providing for the leasing of mineral rights on other state lands and those owned by the State System of Higher Education; House Bill 1054 (Mustio-R-Allegheny) further providing for the licensing of engineers, land surveyors and geologists. <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.
Committees
House: the Tourism and Recreation Development Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 63 (Hanna-D-Centre) further providing for snowmobile registration and fees; the Appropriations Committee holds an informational meeting on clean energy in Bethlehem. <> Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.
Senate: <> Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.
Joint: Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee featuring a presentation by Reclamere on Pennsylvania's new electronic recycling law; the Joint Legislative Budget & Finance Committee meets to consider a report inventorying mineral rights on state-owned property, Sunday hunting and volunteer fire and ambulance companies studies.
Bills Introduced
The following bills of interest were introduced this week--
Stormwater Management: Senate Bill 1261 (Erickson-R-Delaware) authorizing municipal authorites to understake and fund stormwater management planning and projects. Flood Control/Mitigation Funding: Senate Bill 1271 (Yudichak-D-Luzerne) authorizing $90 million for flood mitigation and flood control project funding and itemizing projects.
Marcellus Job Training: Senate Bill 1285 (Brewster-D-Allegheny) establishing the Marcellus well Job Training and Certification Program. NewsClip: Marcellus Training, Certification Bill Introduced In Senate Marcellus Shale Severance Tax: Senate Bill 1286 (Brester-D-Allegheny) enacting a Marcellus Shale severance tax to fund local government projects with an allocation to the Environmental Stewardship Fund (Growing Greener). Marcellus Pipeline Protection: Senate Bill 1288 (Baker-R-Luzerne) adding Marcellus Shale natural gas lines to the Underground Utility Line Protection Law. Infrastructure Funding/Liquor Privatization: House Bill 2020 (Knowles-R-Schuylkill) establishing the Infrastructure Future Fund from the privatization of liquor stores to fund transportation infrastructure improvements.
Water Restoration Sponsor Program: House Resolution 451 (Gibbons-D-Beaver) urging PennVEST and DEP to form a task force to study the feasibility of a Water Resource Restoration Sponsorship Program.
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