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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
May 21, 22, 23
June 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
House
May 21, 22, 23
June 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Bill Calendars House (May 21): House Bill 1904 (Rapp-R-Forrest) limiting the condemnation of land for the Allegheny National Forest; 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 (May 21): Senate Bill 1398 (Yudichak-D-Luzerne) providing for an extension of the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Program; Senate Bill 1480 (Corman-R-Centre) providing for the 2012-13 Capital Budget. House Bill 1913 (Culver-R-Northumberland) authorizing counties and school district to provide property tax abatement for properties damaged in September's flooding. <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.
Committees
Note: The Senate and House are on break until April 30.
House: the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1775 (George-D-Clearfield) amending the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards to address ownership of alternative energy credits, House Bill 1659 (Pyle-R-Armstrong) providing for a uniform permit review and consideration process within DEP, House Bill 2359 (Causer-R-Cameron) further providing for stream clearance of flood debris, Senate Bill 367 (D.White-R-Indiana) authorizing the sale and development of mineral rights under other state-owned land and allocating the funding from the development; the Finance Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1150 (Smucker-R-Lancaster) providing for historic preservation tax credits; the Tourism and Recreational Development Committee holds an informational meeting on House Bill 1495 (Moul-R-Adams) further providing for the liability of landowners opening their property for recreation; the Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 2223 (Gingrich-R-Lebanon) further providing for the preservation of open space by local governments. <> Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.
Senate: the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1346 (Kasunic-D-Somerset) encouraging the use of mine drainage water for fracking and other purposes, House Bill 1934 (Keller-R-Snyder) amending Act 101 to exclude the populations of prisons and other state facilities in calculating mandated recycling communities; the Game and Fisheries Committee holds a hearing on ongoing problems with the Susquehanna River and a case for impairment by the Fish & Boat Commission; the Labor and Industry Committee meets to consider House Bill 728 (Barrar-R-Bucks) setting new standards for emergency shut-off values for facilities dispensing flammable liquids. <> Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.
Bills Introduced
The following bills of interest were introduced this week--
Oil & Gas Prices: House Resolution 728 (Hornaman-D-Erie) urging Congress to utilize findings compiled by the Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group to find a way to reduce the price of gasoline and diesel fuel in the U.S. Drilling Health Registry: Senate Bill 1519 (Yudichak-D-Luzerne) requiring $2 million of the drilling impact fee to be used by the Department of Health for the establishment of a population-based health registry. |
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