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Calendar Of Events

Upcoming legislative meetings, conferences, workshops, plus links to other online calendars. Meetings are in Harrisburg unless otherwise noted.  NEW means new from last week.  Go to the online Calendar webpage.

Click on Agenda Released on calendar entries to see the NEW meeting agendas published this week.

Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published notice of its advisory committee and board schedule for 2012.  Click Here for the complete list.

January 16-- NEW. State Government Offices, Capitol closed for Martin Luther King Day.

January 17-- NEW. Senate Rules Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 996 (Baker-R-Luzerne) requiring the posting of 911 information at Marcellus Shale wells.  Rules Room.  Off the Floor.

January 17-- CANCELEDEnvironmental Quality Board meeting.  Next scheduled meeting is February 21.  (formal notice)

January 18-- NEW. House Finance Committee meets to consider House Bill 2087 (Major-R-Susquehanna) re-establishing DCNR's Oil and Gas Lease Fund into which all royalties from oil and gas leases on any land owned by the Commonwealth, except for Game and Fish and Boat Commission lands, are to be placed and appropriated to DCNR and providing a transfer of 5 percent of the royalties to DEP for the propose of funding projects to reduce flooding, prevent stream bank erosion and restore degraded stream channels, House Bill 490 (M.Smith-D-Allegheny) establishing a green roof tax credit.  Room 39 East Wing.  10:00.

January 19-- NEWHouse Democratic Policy Committee hearing on electricity reliability.  Room 418.  10:00.

January 19-- Agenda ReleasedState Conservation Commission meeting. Ramada Conference Center, State College.  1:00.

January 23-- Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee featuring a discussion of Pennsylvania's Sustainable Forestry Initiative.  Room G-50 Irvis Building.  Noon.

January 25-- NEW. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00. (formal notice)

January 26-- CANCELED. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  The next scheduled meeting is April 25.  (formal notice)

February 13-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 9:30 - Governor's Budget Office; 1:00 - Independent Fiscal Office Economic Outlook and Revenue Overview.  Hearing Room 1, North Office.

February 14-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 9:30 - Department of General Services; 1:00 - Public Utility Commission. Hearing Room 1, North Office.

February 16-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 1:00 - State Police/ Homeland Security; 3:00 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.  Hearing Room 1, North Office.

February 21-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 9:30 - Global Economy; 11:00 - Independent Fiscal Office; 1:30 - Department of Revenue. Room 140.

February 22-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 9:30 - Department of Environmental Protection; 1:00 - Department of Transportation. Hearing Room 1, North Office.

February 27-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 10:00 - Public Utility Commission; 11:00 - Office of Consumer Advocate, Small Business Advocate. Room 140.

February 28-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 1:00 - Department of Agriculture. Hearing Room 1, North Office.

February 28-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 9:30 - Department of Agriculture; 10:30 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; 1:30 - Department of Environmental Protection. Room 140.

February 29-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 9:30 - PA Emergency Management Agency. Hearing Room 1, North Office.

February 29-- NEW. House Game and Fisheries Committee informational meeting on Fish and Boat Commission's Annual Report.  Room 39 East Wing.  10:00.

February 29-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 9:30 - Department of Transportation. Room 140.

March 1-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 10:00 Department of Labor & Industry; 1:00 - Department of Community and Economic Development. Room 140.

March 6-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 9:30 - State Police/Office of Homeland Security; 11:00 - PA Emergency Management Agency; 3:00 - Department of General Services. Room 140.

March 7-- NEW. House Game and Fisheries Committee informational meeting on Game Commission's Annual Report.  Room 39 East Wing.  10:00.

March 8-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 10:00 - Budget Secretary; 1:00 - House Member Testimony. Room 140.

March 26-- Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee featuring a presentation by DCNR Secretary Richard Allan.  (Location to be determined)  Noon.


Note: The Environmental Education Workshop Calendar is no longer available from the PA Center for Environmental Education because funding for the Center was eliminated in the FY 2011-12 state budget.  The PCEE website was also shutdown, but some content was moved to the PA Association of Environmental Educators' website.


You can watch the Senate Floor Session and House Floor Session live online.


1/16/2012

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