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
Budget Hearings: Feb. 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
Budget Hearings: Feb. 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 (March 12): House Bill 1934 (F.Keller-R-Snyder) excluding people residing in federal or state facilities for determining when a municipality must recycle; House Resolution 438 (Cruz-D-Philadelphia) urging Philadelphia to establish a waste tire removal and disposal program; House Resolution 423 (Petri-R-Bucks) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study state funding formulas and how they impact counties; House Resolution 505 (Preston-D-Allegheny) disapproving the PUC regulation on natural gas competition.  <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate (March 5): Senate Bill 1324 (Yaw-R-Bradford) quieting mineral property title rights; Senate Bill 1398 (Yudichak-D-Luzerne) extending the Underground Storage Tank Environmental Cleanup Program from 2012 to 2017; House Bill 1813 (Tobash-R-Schuylkill) further providing for anthracite reclamation fees and guarantees.  <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committees

House: the Appropriations Committee holds budget hearings on: Public Utility Commission, Office of Consumer Advocate, Small Business Advocate, Department of Agriculture, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Department of Transportation, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Labor & Industry, Department of Community and Economic Development; the Game and Fisheries Committee holds an informational meeting on Fish and Boat Commission's Annual Report; the House Democratic Policy Committee holds a hearing on Marcellus Shale air emissions in Bryn Mawr.   <>  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate: the Appropriations Committee holds budget hearings on: PA Emergency Management Agency, Department of Agriculture  <>  Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.

Bills Introduced

The following bills of interest were introduced this week--

Emission Inspections: House Resolution 580 (Gibbons-D-Beaver) memorializing Congress to re-evaluate the enhanced vehicle emissions inspection program.


2/27/2012

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