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

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

November 14 (Leadership Elections)

House

October  1, 2, 3, 4, 15, 16, 17, 18

November 13, 14, 19, 20

Bill Calendars

House (October 1): House Bill 272 (Hess-R-Bedford) establishing a task force on Lyme disease and related maladies; House Bill 1926 (Preston-D-Allegheny) further providing for regulating natural gas gathering lines; House Bill 1659 (Pyle-R-Armstrong) providing for a uniform permit review and consideration process within DEP; 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; Senate Resolution 246 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) Concurrent resolution memorializing Congress to re-evaluate the enhanced vehicle emission inspection program.  <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate (October 1): House Bill 2224 (Cutler-R-Lancaster) further providing for the disposition of municipally-owned property  <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committees

House: the Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1261 (Erickson-R- Delaware) authorizing the formation of stormwater management municipal authorities <>  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate: the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee considers the nomination of Steven Beckman to the Environmental Hearing Board; the Appropriations Committee meets to consider House Bill 1813 (Tobash-R-Berks) authorizing a financial guarantee option covering mine reclamation; the Game and Fisheries Committee holds a hearing on PA Sea Grant-Pharmaceuticals in Water Program and Asian Carp in Erie. <>  Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.

Bills Introduced

The following bills of interest were introduced this week--

Vehicle Emissions Inspection: House Bill 2643 (Everett-R-Lycoming) exempting counties with fewer than 116,500 residents from the vehicle emission inspection program.

10/1/2012