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
January 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
January 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
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 (January 17): 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.  <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate (January 17): Senate Bill 1298 (Smucker-R-Lancaster) allowing the use of preserved agricultural land for agricultural composting. <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committees

House: the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee holds a hearing on closings of Sunoco and ConocoPhillips refineries in Southeast PA; the Consumer Affairs Committee holds two hearings, one on House Bill 1855 (Miller-R-York) setting standards for water well construction and a second hearing on House Bill 1580 (Ross-R-Chester) increasing the solar share in the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards; the House Democratic Policy Committee holds a hearing on transportation funding issues in Pittsburgh.   <>  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-

Drilling Air Emissions: House Bill 2113 (Vitali-D-Delaware) further providing for the regulation of air emissions from drilling operations.

Utility Cutoffs: House Bill 2114 (Petri-R-Bucks) further providing for the termination of utility service.


1/9/2012

Go To Preceding Article     Go To Next Article

Return to This PA Environment Digest's Main Page