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Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Bills Introduced
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Here are the Senate and House Calendars and Committee meetings showing bills of interest as well as a list of new environmental bills introduced-- Bill Calendars House (February 23): <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar. Senate (February 23): <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar. Committee Meeting Agendas This Week House: the Consumer Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 57 (Payne-R-Dauphin) relating to improving natural gas retail competition by providing a more frequent mechanism for truing up natural gas costs (sponsor summary). <> Click Here for full House Committee Schedule. Senate: the Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 385 (Pileggi-R- Delaware) will modernize the Pennsylvania Transit Revitalization Investment District (TRID) Act (sponsor summary); the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 214 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) promoting the expansion of natural gas service into unserved or underserved areas (sponsor summary), Senate Bill 307 (Yudichak-D-Luzerne) providing for an independent counsel for the Environmental Quality Board (sponsor summary), Senate Bill 289 (Fontana-D-Allegheny) funding for sewage lateral line improvements and repair (sponsor summary); the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 201 (Schwank-D-Berks) allowing the the location of agriculture-related business on preserved farmland (sponsor summary). <> 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 Environmental Resources and Energy Links for all other Standing House Committees Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Community, Economic and Recreational Development Links for all other Standing Senate Committees Bills Introduced The following bills of interest were introduced this week-- Alternative Energy Standards: House Bill 100 would increase the state's Tier I Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards to 15 percent by 2023. The current rate is 8 percent by 2021 (sponsor summary). Energy Consumption Limits: House Bill 129 would require natural gas distribution companies to reduce energy consumption and demand by 1 percent by 2018 and 3 percent by 2020. These are the same requirements currently placed on electric distribution companies under Act 129 of 2008 (sponsor summary). PA Sunshine Program: House Bill 200 would establish a dedicated funding source for the PA Sunshine Solar Program. The program, which has exhausted its funding, helps homeowners and businesses install solar systems. The program would receive $25 million a year from a 1.25-mill increase on the utilities’ Gross Receipts Tax (sponsor summary). Disposal Well Siting: House Bill 507 (Gabler-R-Clearfield) prohibiting disposal wells within 1,000 feet of a vertical well bore of a water well, reservoir or other water supply extraction point (sponsor summary). Severance Tax: Senate Bill 519 (McGarrigle-R-Delaware) which would impose a 4 percent tax on the value of natural gas at the wellhead. All the revenue from the tax would be devoted to fund basic education and nothing for any environmental restoration program (sponsor summary). Session Schedule Here is the latest voting session schedule for the Senate and House-- Senate February 23, 24, 25 March 2, 3 (Budget Address), 4 April 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30 House February 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 March 2, 3 (Budget Address), 4, 30, 31 April 1, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 |
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2/23/2015 |
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