The following bills of interest saw action last week in the House and Senate--

House

Farmland Preservation-Wind Energy: House Bill 441 (Sonney-R-Erie) amending the Agricultural Area Security Law to allow wind energy facilities on preserved land (House Fiscal Note and summary).  The bill now goes to the Senate for action.

Farmland Preservation: House Bill 370 (Klunk-R-York) amending the Agricultural Area Security Law to provide for the voluntary relinquishment of the right to construct a residence to further reduce the value of the property (House Fiscal Note and summary) was reported from the House Appropriations Committee and passed by the House.  The bill now goes to the Senate for action.

Tree Of Heaven: House Bill 404 (Lawrence-R-Chester) designating the tree of heaven, preferred home for the spotted lanternfly (House Fiscal Note and summary) was reported from the House Appropriations Committee and passed by the House.  The bill now goes to the Senate for action.

Removing Game Lands Purchase Cap: House Bill 752 (Turzai-R-Allegheny) removing the purchase price cap on state game lands (House Fiscal Note and summary) was passed by the House and now goes to the Senate for action.

Water System Valuation: House Bill 751 (Roae-R-Crawford) further providing for the valuation of wastewater and water systems for ratemaking purposes, revising the definition of service line (House Fiscal Note and summary) was passed by the House and now goes to the Senate for action.

Flood Insurance: House Bill 328 (Warren-D- Bucks) establishing a Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force (sponsor summary) was amended and reported out of the House Insurance Committee and Tabled.

PennDOT-Native Vegetation: House Bill 447 (B.Miller-R-Lancaster) require PennDOT to plant native vegetation along state highways (sponsor summary) was reported out of the House Transportation Committee and Tabled.

Cross Unit Drilling/Pooling: House Bill 247 (Oberlander-R-Clarion) to allow cross unit unconventional drilling and authorizes voluntary pooling was amended and reported out of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and is now on the House Calendar for action..

Senate

Nominations: the nominations Of McDonnell At DEP, Dunn at DCNR were referred to the Senate Environmental Committee and Redding At Agriculture to the Senate Agriculture Committee for consideration.

3/25/2019