Here are the Senate and House Calendars for the next voting session day and Committees scheduling action on bills of interest as well as a list of new environmental bills introduced--

Bill Calendars

House (April 16): House Bill 1401 (DiGirolamo-R-Bucks) which amends Title 58 to impose a sliding scale natural gas severance tax, in addition to the Act 13 drilling impact fee, on natural gas production (NO money for environmental programs) and includes provisions related to minimum landowner oil and gas royalties; House Bill 1412 (Barrar-R-Delaware) proposing a regulatory framework to encourage energy storage and microgrids to improve electric grid resiliency during disaster emergencies and other circumstances; House Bill 1446 (Quinn-R- Bucks) encouraging infrastructure for electric and natural gas fueled vehicles;  House Bill 1284 (Peifer-R-Pike) directs DCED to develop a one-stop-shop online permitting portal for business (sponsor summary); House Resolution 284 (Moul-R-Adams) urging Congress to repeal the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s MS4 Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program (sponsor summary).  <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate (April 16): Senate Resolution 104 (Bartolotta-R-Washington) resolution urging the Governor to end the moratorium on new non-surface disturbance natural gas drilling on state forest land (sponsor summary); House Bill 544 (Moul-R-Adams) further providing for liability protection for landowners opening their land for public recreation; House Bill 913 providing for the adoption of stormwater fees by incorporated towns; House Bill 914 providing for the adoption of stormwater fees by boroughs; House Bill 915 providing for the adoption of stormwater fees by first class townships; and  House Bill 916 providing for the adoption of stormwater fees by Cities of the Third Class; House Bill 1341 (Pyle-R-Armstrong) further providing for training and certification of emergency medical personnel responding to bituminous deep mine accidents (House Fiscal Note and summary); House Bill 1550 (Klunk-R-York) changing restrictions on preserved land to allow for an additional residence (House Fiscal Note and summary). <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committee Meeting Agendas This Week

House: the Commerce Committee holds a hearing on Senate Bill 234 (Blake-D- Lackawanna) Property Assessed Clean Energy Program local energy efficiency funding (Senate Fiscal Note and summary) at Harrisburg University.  <>  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate:   <>  Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.

Other: Senate-House Nuclear Energy Caucus meeting.

Bills Pending In Key Committees

Check the PA Environmental Council Bill Tracker for the status and updates on pending state legislation and regulations that affect environmental and conservation efforts in Pennsylvania.

Bills Introduced

The following bills of interest were introduced last week--

One In, Two Out Regulation Policy: Senate Bill 1102 (Wagner-R-York) amending the Regulatory Review Act to require an inventory of existing regulations and adopting a policy of eliminating two regulations for every one new regulation adopted (sponsor summary).

Abolish Energy Development Authority: House Bill 2105 (Fritz-R-Susquehanna) would abolish the Energy Development Authority and other state boards and commissions (sponsor summary).

Separate Appropriations Bills: Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Allegheny) introduced separate appropriations bills for state agencies based on a proposal he made Tuesday--

-- Department of Agriculture: House Bill 2182

-- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources: House Bill 2198

-- Department of Environmental Protection: House Bill 2235

-- PA Infrastructure Investment Authority: House Bill 2231

-- Environmental Hearing Board: House Bill 2233

-- PA Emergency Management Agency: House Bill 2175

-- Fiscal Code Changes: House Bill 2180

-- Set Overall Spending Limits On Appropriations: House Resolution 820

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Session Schedule

Here is the latest voting session schedule for the Senate and House--

Senate

April 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25

May 21, 22, 23

June 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

House

April 16, 17, 18, 30

May 1, 2, 22, 23

June 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

Governor’s Schedule

Gov. Tom Wolf's work calendar will be posted each Friday and his public schedule for the day will be posted each morning.   Click Here to view Gov. Wolf’s Weekly Calendar and Public Appearances.

4/16/2018