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

Destruction Of Prescription Drugs: House Bill 1737 (Maher-R-Allegheny) further providing for the safe destruction of unwanted or unused prescription and other drugs (House Fiscal Note and summary).

Reauthorizing PA One Call Law: Senate Bill 1235 (Baker-R-Luzerne) extends the PA One Call utility safety program for another year, but without a provision to include natural gas gathering lines added by the Senate and opposed by conventional oil and gas drillers (House Fiscal Note and summary).

Guaranteed Energy Savings Contracts: House Bill 2107 (Baker-R-Tioga) among other provisions, it includes additional notice requirements for financial obligations and validation of budgetary sources of all energy-related cost savings (House Fiscal Note and summary).

Transit Improvement Districts: Senate Bill 385 (Pileggi-R-Delaware) further providing for Transit Revitalization investment Districts by, among other changes, establishing a TRID Fund to provide grants (House Fiscal Note and summary).

Land Conservation Easements: House Bill 2370 (Moul-R-Adams) among other provisions, the bill extends the conservation easement Realty Transfer Tax exemption (House Fiscal Note and summary).

Public Utilities: Senate Bill 881 (Blake-D-Lackawanna) exempting from the definition of public utility a resort offering water or sewer service to private homes within a resort (House Fiscal Note and summary).

Extended Review Of Regulations: Senate Bill 562 (Gordner-R-Columbia) amending the Regulatory Review Act to allow the General Assembly to block a regulation by inaction for no reason and prohibits an agency from publishing a statement of purpose for a regulation taking away the public’s right to know why a regulation is being adopted (House Fiscal Note and summary).   The bill was vetoed by the Governor.  Click Here for veto message.

10/31/2016