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

House

June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

Bill Calendars

House (June 3): House Bill 302 (Moul-R-Adams) transferring funds from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund to DEP for a competitive grant program to convert small mass transit bus fleets to natural gas; House Bill 303 (Moul-R-Adams) transferring funds from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund to DEP for a competitive grant program to convert large mass transit fleets to natural gas; House Bill 304 (Marshall-R-Beaver) funding conversions of transit buses to natural gas; House Bill 306 (Pickett-R-Bradford) redirecting the Alternative Fuels Incentive Fund to create the Keystone Fuel Incentive Program to fund conversions of vehicles to natural gas; House Bill 308 (Saylor-R-York) redirecting $6 million annually from the Clean Air Fund to finance vehicle conversions to natural gas; House Bill 1171 (Dunbar-R- Westmoreland) repealing provisions of the Alternative Energy Production Tax Credit Program. <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate (June 3): <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committee Meeting Agendas This Week

House: the Appropriations Committee meets to consider House Bill 1437 (Adolph-R-Delaware) FY 2013-14 state budget; the State Government Committee meets to consider House Resolution 249 (Swanger-R-Lebanon) urging the federal government to develop oil and gas resources in North America and approve the Keystone XL pipeline; the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 343 (Miller-R-York) setting water well construction standards; the House Democratic Policy Committee holds an informational briefing on Fish and Boat Commission fiscal slope. <> Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate: the Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1 (Rafferty-R- Montgomery) providing additional funding for transportation infrastructure, Senate Bill 738 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) providing for the expansion of natural gas distribution systems, Senate Bill 739 (Yaw-R- Lycoming) providing funding through the Commonwealth Financing Authority for natural gas infrastructure expansion; the Transportation Committee meets to consider House Bill 770 (Adolph-R- Delaware) authorizing an Appalachian Trail vehicle license plate; the Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 784 (Evankovich-R-Armstrong) extend permits pending and approved in the Department of Environmental Protection and other agency through July 2, 2016. <> Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.

Bills Pending In Key Committees

Here are links to key Standing Committees in the House and Senate and the bills pending in each--

House

Appropriations;

Education

Environmental Resources and Energy