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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 Senate and House schedule
Senate
December 12, 13, 14
2012 -----------------------------
January 3, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
February 6, 7, 8
Governor's Budget Address: February 7
Budget Hearings: Feb. 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29 and March 1
March 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 26, 27, 28
April 2, 3, 30
May 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23
June 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
House
December 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20
2012 -----------------------------
January 3 (non-voting), 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
February 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15
Budget Hearings: Feb. 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, March 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
March 12, 13, 14, 26, 27, 28
April 2, 3, 4, 30
May 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23
June 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Bill Calendars
House (December 12): House Bill 3 (Geist-R-Blair) authorizing public-private transportation partnerships; House Resolution 438 (Cruz-D-Philadelphia) urging Philadelphia to establish a waste tire removal and disposal program; 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. <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.
Senate (December 12): 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; House Bill 344 (Baker-R-Tioga) authorizing the PUC to regulate pipeline safety; House Bill 608 (Brooks-R-Crawford) providing for the use of bioenergy crops in mine reclamation; House Bill 1950 (Ellis-R-Butler) amending the Oil and Gas Act to include additional environmental protection measures for Marcellus Shale drilling, a county-optional drilling impact fee and additional transfers from the Oil and Gas Fund. <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.
Committees
House: the Urban Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 1682 (Taylor-R-Philadelphia) providing for the creation of land banks for the conversion of vacant property; the Human Services Committee meets to consider House Bill 272 (Hess-R-Blair) establish a Task Force On Lyme Disease. <> Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.
Senate: the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1298 (Smucker-R-Lancaster) allowing the use of preserved agricultural land for agricultural composting. <> Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.
Bills Introduced
The following bills of interest were introduced this week--
Water Well Standards: House Bill 1855 (Miller-R-York) authorizing the Environmental Quality Board to establish drinking water well construction standards.
Agricultural Deed Compliance: House Bill 2059 (Miller-R-York) authorizing county agricultural conservation boards to inspect all agricultural easements at least biennial basis to determine compliance with deed easements.
Pipeline Origin: Senate Bill 1353 (Pippy-R-Allegheny) amending the Oil and Gas Act to specify the country of origin of any steel products used in drilling operations and Senate Bill 1356 (Pippy) amending the PUC code to report the country of origin of any steel products used in pipeline facility.
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12/12/2011 |
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