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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 latest voting session schedule for the Senate and House--

Senate
October 31
November 1, 14, 15, 16
December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14

House
October 31
November 1, 2, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14

Bill Calendars

House (October 31):  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 31): ; Senate Bill 433 (Leach-D-Montgomery) providing for the incorporation of benefit corporations; Senate Bill 152 (D.White-R-Indiana) amending the PennVEST Act to clarify the eligibility of stormwater and other nonpoint source projects for funding; Senate Bill 477 (Browne-R-Lehigh) compelling the removal of outdoor advertising under the Municipalities Planning Code;  Senate Bill 532 (Rafferty-R-Montgomery) further providing for penalties and waste permit renewals under the Solid Waste Management Act; Senate Bill 1150 (Smucker-R-Lancaster) establishing the Historic Rehabilitation Investment Incentive tax credit;  Senate Resolution 143 (Pippy-R-Allegheny) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct an economic impact study of water trails in the Commonwealth; Senate Resolution 202 (Kasunic-D-Somerset) urging the oil and gas industry to use acid mine water for fracking; House Bill 608 (Brooks-R-Crawford) providing for the use of bioenergy crops in mine reclamation;  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 Consumer Affairs Committee holds an informational meeting on Chapter 14 of the PUC Code related to collection of customer receipts. <>  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate: the Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1100 (Scarnati-R-Jefferson) setting requirements for Marcellus Shale well drilling.  <>  Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.

Bills Introduced

The following bills of interest were introduced this week--

Gas Well Emergency: House Bill 1924 (Donatucci-D-Delaware) further providing for community alerts and public notification in the event of a gas well emergency.

Public Utility-Gas Lines: House Bill 1929 (Preston-D-Allegheny) further defining a public utility with respect to natural gas gathering lines.

Mandated Recycling: House Bill 1934 (F.Keller-R-Snyder) including the population of federal facilities in determining municipalities required to recycle.


10/31/2011

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