The following bills of interest saw action this week in the House and Senate--

House 

General Fund: House Bill 1192 (Adolph-R-Delaware) Senate/House Republican General Fund budget was passed by the House 112-77 and the Senate concurred in House amendments by a vote of 30 to 19.  A Senate Fiscal Note and summary are available.  (The bill was vetoed by the Governor.)

Fiscal Code: Senate Bill 655 (Browne-R-Lehigh) Fiscal Code amendments designed to implement the budget, fund projects wanted by legislators and insert legislative language wanted by members into law was passed by the House 107 to 87 and the Senate concurred in House amendments 30 to 19. A House Fiscal Note and summary are available.   (The bill was vetoed by the Governor.)

Pension Reform: Senate Bill 1 (Corman-R-Centre) Senate/House Republican pension reform bill was amended in the House State Government Committee and referred to the House Appropriations Committee after several attempts by House Democrats to amend the bill and was passed by the House 106 to 89.  The bill now goes to the Governor for his action.  A House Fiscal Note and summary are available.  An Actuarial Note and summary of the bill is available online.

EQB Independent Counsel: Senate Bill 307 (Yudichak-D-Luzerne) providing for an independent counsel for the Environmental Quality Board was amended and reported out of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and is now on the House Calendar for action.

Mine Water Reuse: Senate Bill 875 (Bartolotta-R-Fayette) providing for the reuse of treated mine water for fracking gas wells (sponsor summary) was reported out of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and is now on the House Calendar for action.

Landfill Leachate: Senate Bill 513 (McGarrigle-R-Delaware) authorizing the transportation of landfill leachate by truck was amended and reported out of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and is now on the House Calendar for action.

Biofuel Mandate: House Bill 471 (Marshall-R-Beaver) amending the Biofuel Development and In-State Production Incentive Act (Act 78 of 2008) to remove ethanol blending requirements (sponsor summary) was reported out of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and referred to the House Rules Committee.

7/6/2015