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:  Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate:  Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committee Meetings  This Week

House:  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate:  Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.

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--

Eastern Hellbender: Senate Bill 9 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) designating the Eastern Hellbender as the state amphibian and clean water ambassador (sponsor summary).

PennVEST Non-Point Source Funding: Senate Bill 97 (Hutchinson-R-Venango) would prohibit the PA Infrastructure Investment Authority from making certain non-point source pollution control investments like the $50 million loan to Lyme Timber Company (sponsor summary).  Click Here for more on the issue.

Keystone Tree Fund: Senate Bill 108 (Yaw-R-Lycoming, Yudichak-D-Luzerne) establishing the Keystone Tree Fund as a voluntary $3 checkoff on driver and vehicle license renewal applications (sponsor summary).

Community Solar: House Bill 136 (Quinn-R-Delaware) authorizing community solar generating systems (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 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 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.

1/28/2019