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 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 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 (January 23): House Bill 3 (Geist-R-Blair) authorizing public-private transportation partnerships; House Bill 1682 (Taylor-R-Philadelphia) further providing for the creation of land banks; 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 23):  <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committees

House: the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 2059 (Miller-R-York) amending the Agricultural Area Security Law to provide for the inspection of agricultural conservation easements on at least a biennial basis.  <>  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate: the Appropriations Committee meets to consider House Bill 1294 (Godshall-R-Montgomery) authorizing the PUC to establish a distribution system improvement charge (DSIC) as an alternative to regular rate cases to recover costs associated with replacing pipelines and other utility infrastructure.  <>  Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.

Other: Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee featuring a discussion of Pennsylvania's Sustainable Forestry Initiative.  

Bills Introduced

The following bills of interest were introduced this week--

Water/Sewer Laterals: House Bill 2124 (Preston-D-Allegheny) establishing a program within PennVEST to fund certain sewer and water laterals.


1/23/2012

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