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 latest voting session schedule for the Senate and House--
Senate
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: 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 1261 (Erickson-R-Delaware) further authorizing municipalities to undertake stormwater management projects; 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 budget hearings: State Police/Office of Homeland Security; PA Emergency Management Agency; Department of Environmental Protection; Budget Secretary; House Member Testimony; the Game and Fisheries Committee holds an informational meeting on the Game Commission's Annual Report. <> Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.
Senate: the Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 276 (Argall-R-Schuylkill) amendments to the Downtown Location Law, Senate Bill 1386 (Vogel-R-Beaver) repealing low-RVP gasoline requirement in Pittsburgh and Stage II controls; the Banking and Insurance Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 210 (Greenleaf-R-Montgomery) creating a task force on Lyme Disease. <> Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.
Bills Introduced
The following bills of interest were introduced this week--
Industrial Site Remediation: Senate Bill 1431 (Pileggi-R-Delaware) requiring environmental remediation on the closure of industrial sites. Stream Access: Senate Bill 1380 (Mensch-R-Lehigh) providing for access to streams and lakes by abutting landowners.
Wind Power Exception: House Bill 2228 (Sonney-R-Erie) providing an exemption in the Agricultural Area Security Law for wind power facilities.
Marcellus Principles: House Resolution 593 (White-D-Allegheny) urging the Marcellus Shale industry to adopt the Marcellus Shale Principles.
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3/5/2012 |
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