This section includes a lot of the nitty-gritty legislative stuff you need to  keep track of environmental legislation and legislative schedules.

Bills Introduced

Senate

Lead Testing In Daycare Facilities: Senate Bill 39 (Schwank-D-Berks)  include lead testing of water, paint, soil and dust in the licensing process for child daycare programs. It would prohibit licensing of any child daycare program while lead levels exceeds those recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control. Current licensees would be required to develop an approved remediation program (sponsor summary).

Pipeline Water Resources Protection:  Senate Bill 40 (Schwank-D-Berks) impose a rebuttable presumption of liability on owners and operators of pipelines under state jurisdiction when pollution, diminution, or loss of water occurs at a public or private water supply, including wells, within 2500 feet of the pipeline. An operator presumed to be responsible for harming a public or private water supply would be required to restore or replace the quantity and quality of the supply if it does not successfully rebut the presumption (sponsor summary).

E-Waste Recycling: Senate Bill 52 (Gordner-R-Columbia) modeled after a successful program in New York state, will require that manufacturers be responsible for recycling all of the covered devices that they produce, as well as a portion of the orphan devices that are unaccounted for, based on a percentage of their market share. In addition, the legislation will mandate a minimum of one collection site per county, and for every municipality of 25,000 residents or more, in order to ensure free, convenient, environmentally responsible electronic recycling for consumers (sponsor summary).

House

Radon Awareness Month: House Resolution 8 (Readshaw-D-Allegheny) designating January 2019 as Radon Action Month (sponsor summary).

House and Senate Co-Sponsorship Memos

House: Click Here for all new co-sponsorship memos

Senate: Click Here for all new co-sponsorship memos

Session Schedule

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

Senate

January 15, 16, 28, 29, 30

February 4, 5, 6 

Budget Hearings: Feb. 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, March 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

March 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27

April 8, 9, 10, 29, 30

May 1, 6, 7, 8

June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

House

January 15, 16, 28, 29, 30

February 4, 5, 6, 19, 20, 21

Budget Hearings: Feb. 11 March 7

March 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27

April 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 29, 30

May 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23

June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

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.

1/14/2019