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 (change)

Here is the latest voting session schedule for the Senate and House--

Senate

June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

House

June 23 (non-voting), 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

Bill Calendars

House (June 25):  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;Senate Bill 1386 (Vogel-R-Beaver) evaluating alternatives to low-RVP gasoline in Pittsburgh and repealing Stage II vapor controls; 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; House Resolution 750 (Godshall-R- Montgomery) memorializing the President and Congress to provide for the storage of used nuclear fuel;   <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate (June 25):  Senate Bill 1480 (Corman-R-Centre) providing for the 2012-13 Capital Budget; Senate Bill 1532 (Vogel-R-Beaver) exempting certain vehicles from the vehicle emissions inspection program;  House Bill 3 (Geist-R-Blair) providing for private-public transportation projects; House Bill 1682 (Taylor-R-Philadelphia) further providing for the creation of land banks;  House Bill 1934 (F.Keller-R-Snyder) further providing for mandatory recycling; House Bill 2022 (Peifer-R-Monroe) providing for a PA Business Permitting Portal within DCED.  <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committees

House:   <>  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate: the Appropriations 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.

Other: the Joint Legislative Budget and Finance Committee meets to consider release of a report on PA’s LIHEAP Program.

Bills Introduced

The following bills of interest were introduced this week--

Ethane Plant Incentives: House Bill 2493 (White-D-Washington)  would impose a small surtax on the production of natural gas for a new Energy Employment Legacy Fund to provide incentives for the location of ethane plants.

Waste To Energy AEPS Credits: Senate Bill 1568 (Folmer-R-Lebanon) moving waste-to- energy facilities into Tier I of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards.

6/25/2012