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--

House

October 15, 16, 17 (Non-Voting), 21, 22, 23

November 12, 13, 18, 19, 20

December 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 (Non-Voting)

Senate

October 15, 16, 21, 22, 23

November 12, 13, 18, 19, 20

December 3, 4, 9, 10, 11

Bill Calendars

House (October 15): House Bill 302 (Moul-R-Adams) transferring $5 million to DEP for a competitive grant program to convert small mass transit bus fleets to natural gas; House Bill 303 (Moul-R-Adams) transferring $7.5 million 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 $5.3 million from the Alternative Fuels Incentive Fund to create the Keystone Fuel Incentive Program to fund conversions of vehicles to natural gas and provide a 10 cent per gallon biofuels production subsidy; House Bill 308 (Saylor-R-York) redirecting $6 million annually from the Clean Air Fund to finance vehicle conversions to natural gas.  <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate (October 15):  <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committee Meeting Agendas This Week

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

Senate: the Urban Affairs and Housing Committee holds a hearing on the PA Downtown Location Act. <>  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

Consumer Affairs

Gaming Oversight

Human Services

Judiciary

Liquor Control

Transportation

Links for all other Standing House Committees

Senate

Appropriations

Environmental Resources and Energy

Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Community, Economic and Recreational Development

Education

Judiciary

Law and Justice

Public Health and Welfare

Transportation

Links for all other Standing Senate Committees

Bills Introduced

The following bills of interest were introduced this week--

Anti-SLAPP Lawsuits: Senate Bill 1095 (Farnese-D-Philadelphia) would amend the Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) to provide for quicker dismissal of lawsuits-- summary.

ID DEP Vehicles: Senate Bill 1119 (Hutchinson-R-Venango) amending the Oil and Gas Act to require identification on DEP vehicles-- summary.

10/14/2013