The following bills were given final approval by the Senate and House and are now on the Governor's desk for action--

New Fiscal Code: House Bill 1589 (Causer-R- Cameron) amending the Fiscal Code with some of the items Gov. Wolf vetoed in House Bill 1327 (Peifer-R-Pike) passed the Senate 37 to 11.  The bill was then passed by the House 149 to 46.  A House Fiscal Note and summary is available.

            The bill includes provisions to authorize a transfer from the PA Racehorse Development Fund, a $15 million reduction in funding for the Environmental Stewardship (Growing Greener) Fund, takes $12 million from CFA’s High Performance Buildings Program and transfers it to fund a new program to expand access to natural gas infrastructure, earmarks existing DCNR funding for the operation of Washington Crossing Historical Park and directs funding to sewer and drinking water projects for specific legislators, but NOT the provisions delaying the development of a Pennsylvania plan to meet the Clean Power Climate Plan rule or killing DEP’s final conventional oil and gas drilling regulations.

Valuation of Water Systems: House Bill 1326 (Godshall-R-Montgomery) valuation of water and wastewater systems for ratemaking purposes (House Fiscal Note and summary).  This bill was signed into law as Act 12.

4/18/2016