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Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule

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 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
March 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 26): House Bill 1915 (Boback-R-Columbia) providing for a capital projects list for highways and bridges damaged by flooding;  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 Bill 2245 (Bobak-R-Columbia) establishing the Flood Disaster Railroad Assistance Project List totaling $2.6 million; House Resolution 505 (Preston-D-Allegheny) disapproving the PUC regulation on natural gas competition.  <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate (March 26): Senate Bill 210 (Greenleaf-R-Montgomery) creating a task force on Lyme Disease; Senate Bill 1080 (Greenleaf-R-Montgomery) consolidates five legislative agencies into two: a new PA Office for Research and Public Policy combining the duties of the Joint State Government Commission, Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee and the Center for Rural Pennsylvania and combining the Legislative Reference Bureau, Legislative Data Processing Committee and the Capitol Preservation Committee into the Government Support Agency; Senate Bill 1261 (Erickson-R-Delaware) specifically authorizing authorities to undertake stormwater projects; Senate Bill 1298 (Smucker-R-Lancaster) authorizing composting facilities under the farmland preservation program; Senate Resolution 246 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) memorializing Congress to re-evaluate the vehicle emission inspection program required by the federal Clean Air Act; House Bill 1054 (Mustio-R-Allegheny) further providing for continuing professional competency requirements under Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law.  <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committees

House: the Judiciary Committee meets to consider House Bill 1954 (Rock-R-Franklin) further providing for penalties for the unauthorized removal of timber.   <>  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate: the Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 341 (Greenleaf-R-Montgomery) establishing an Automotive Fuel Testing and Disclosure Program, Senate Bill 477 (Browne-R-Lehigh) providing for complled removal of noncomplying billboards, Senate Bill 1150 (Smucker-R-Lancaster) establishing an historic preservation tax credit; the Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider the renomination of John Coleman to the PUC. <>  Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.

Other: Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee featuring a presentation by DCNR Secretary Richard Allan; Legislative Forestry Task Force, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee meeting in State College.


3/26/2012

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