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)

The Senate has three and the House has four voting session days left staring October 15.  They took off next week to celebrate Columbus Day.  Any legislation that doesn’t make it to the Governor’s desk this month has to start over in January.

            Neither the Senate nor the House Leadership said they would vote on legislation after the November 7 election.

Senate

October 15, 16, 17

November 14 (Leadership Elections)

House

October  15, 16, 17, 18

November 13, 14, 19, 20

Senate released their 2013 session day schedule through June--

January  1, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30

February 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13

March 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20

April 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 29, 30

May 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14

June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

Bill Calendars

House (October 15):; 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; House Bill 1916 (Millard-R-Columbia) itemized flood repair projects; Senate Bill 1261 (Erickson-R-Delaware) specifically authorizing the formation of municipal authorities for stormwater management purposes;  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 (October 15): Senate Bill 1298 (Smucker-R-Lancaster) providing for composting facilities on Act 319 farmlands; Senate Bill 1346 (Kasunic-D-Somerset) providing for the reuse of mine drainage for drilling water;  Senate Bill 1532 (Vogel-R-Beaver) providing more exemptions from vehicle emission inspection program; House Bill 1813 (Tobash-R-Berks) authorizing a financial guarantee option covering mine reclamation; House Bill 1991 (Cutler-R-Lancaster) further requiring accountability measures for Energy Conservation and Assistance Act;  House Bill 2224 (Cutler-R-Lancaster) further providing for the disposition of municipally-owned property.  <> 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--

Restore Federal Reclamation Funding: House Resolution 899 (Hutchinson-R-Venango) urging Congress to restore federal abandoned mine reclamation funding.

10/8/2012