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

Senate

Nominations: Gov. Wolf recalled 17 nominations rather than have the Senate vote them down, but Andrew Place, nominated to the Public Utility Commission, will move to a full Senate vote in two weeks.

General Fund Stopgap: Senate Bill 1000 (Browne-R-Lehigh) General Fund Stopgap Budget Bill (summary and Senate Fiscal Note) was reported out of the Senate Appropriations Committee and passed on a party line vote of 30 to 19.  The bill now goes to the House for consideration.

Fiscal Code Stopgap: Senate Bill 1001 (Browne-R-Lehigh) Fiscal Code Stopgap Bill (summary and Senate Fiscal Note) was reported out of the Senate Appropriations Committee and passed on a party line vote of 30 to 19.  The bill now goes to the House for consideration.

Education Code Stopgap: House Bill 224 (Christiana-R -Beaver) with the Education Code Stopgap Bill (summary and Senate Fiscal Note) was amended and reported out of the Senate Appropriations Committee and passed on a party line vote of 30 to 19.  The bill now goes to the House for consideration.

Anthracite Coal: Senate Resolution 54 (Argall-R-Schuylkill) asking Congress to review unfair government anthracite export policies (sponsor summary) was adopted by the Senate.

Forestry Task Force: Senate Resolution 55 (Hutchinson-R- Venango) a concurrent resolution establishing a Forestry Task Force associated with the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee (sponsor summary) was adopted by the Senate.

9/21/2015