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 (New)

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

Senate

September 24, 25

October 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17

November 14 (Leadership Elections)

House

Will return in September

Bill Calendars

House (September): House Bill 1659 (Pyle-R-Armstrong) providing for a uniform permit review and consideration process within DEP;  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 1480 (Corman-R-Centre) providing for the 2012-13 Capital Budget; 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 (September 24): All bills on the Senate Calendar were Tabled.  <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committees

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

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

Bills Introduced

The following bills of interest were introduced this week--

High Performance Buildings: Senate Bill 1567 (McIlhinney-R-Bucks) further authorizing high performance building grants for small business construction by the Commonwealth Financing Authority.

Quecreek Anniversary: Senate Resolution 341 (Kasunic-D-Somerset) commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Quecreek Mine Rescue in Somerset County was adopted by the Senate.

Emissions Inspection: House Resolution 801 (Petrarca-D-Westmoreland) memoralizing Congress to reevaluate the vehicle emissions inspection program.

7/9/2012