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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

June 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

House

June 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

Bill Calendars

House (June 18): Senate Bill 367 (D.White-R-Indiana) providing for mineral resource development on other state lands and providing for allocation of revenue;  Senate Bill 1150 (Smucker-R-Lancaster) providing for an historic preservation tax credit; 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 (June 18): Senate Bill 1346 (Kasunic-D-Somerset) encouraging the use of mine drainage water for fracking and other purposes;  Senate Bill 1480 (Corman-R-Centre) providing for the 2012-13 Capital Budget; House Bill 608 (Brooks-R- Crawford) providing for the use of bioenergy crops in mine reclamation;  House Bill 728 (Barrar-R-Bucks) setting new standards for emergency shut-off values for facilities dispensing flammable liquids; House Bill 807 (Sonney-R-Erie) further providing for the definition, content, registration and enforcement of the Biofuel Development and In-State Production Incentive Act; House Bill 1682 (Taylor-R-Philadelphia) further providing for the creation of land banks;  <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committees

House: the State Government Committee meets to consider House Resolution 750 (Godshall-R- Montgomery) memorializing the President and Congress to provide for the storage of used nuclear fuel; the Transportation Committee meets to consider House Bill 1643 (J.Evans-R-Crawford) further providing for persons under 16 operating snowmobiles and ATVs. <>  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate: the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1544 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) authorizing DCNR to lease lands for wind, solar and other renewable energy projects; the Appropriations Committee meets to consider House Bill 3 (Geist-R-Blair) providing for private-public transportation projects, House Bill 1934 (F.Keller-R-Snyder) further providing for mandatory recycling.  <>  Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.

Other: Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee will feature a presentation by the PA Biomass Energy Association.

Bills Introduced

The following bills of interest were introduced this week--

Gas Storage Areas: Senate Bill 1562 (Waugh-R-York) Amends the Oil and Gas Act to require further reporting on gas storage area operations by a licensed engineer or geologist.

Ethane Plant Tax Credit: Senate Bill 1563 (Vogel-R-Beaver) and House Bill 2478 (Christiana-R-Beaver) providing for an ethane plant tax credit related to the Shell ethane plant.


6/18/2012

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