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

Note: House is expected to give a final vote to House Bill 827 (Fritz-R-Wayne) to require the Delaware River Basin Commission to compensate landowners for drilling rights if they enact a permanent moratorium on fracking. Click Here for more.

NEW: Click Here for expected action on bills by the full House.

House (May 6):  House Bill 247 (Oberlander-R-Clarion) to allow cross unit unconventional drilling and authorizes voluntary pooling; House Bill 374 (Everett-R- Lycoming) establishing the Keystone Tree Fund to support tree planting programs by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (sponsor summary); House Bill 1055 (Klunk-R-York) establish the Office of the Repealer unaccountable to anyone, General Assembly must vote to approve economically significant regulations, repeal 2 regulations for every new one adopted, reauthorize repeal of any regulation by resolution (House Fiscal Note and summary);  <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.     

Senate (May 6): Senate Bill 145 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) amending the Agricultural Area Security Law to voluntarily relinquish the right to construct an additional residence (sponsor summary); Senate Bill 453 (Ward-R-Westmoreland) exempting agricultural buildings from statewide Construction Code (sponsor summary); House Bill 808 (Mehaffie-R-Dauphin) authorizing the Fish and Boat Commission to adopt their own fees for 3 years (House Fiscal Note and summary).  Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committee Meetings This Week

House: the Consumer Affairs Committee hearing (4 of 4) on House Bill 11 (Mehaffie-R- Lancaster) adding nuclear power plants to the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards; the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds an information meeting to hear from regulated community on DEP permit review experiences; the    <>  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

NEW: Click Here for a summary of expected House Committee actions.

Senate: the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider the renomination of Patrick McDonnell as DEP Secretary; the Game and Fisheries Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 552 (Stefano-R-Fayette) to authorize the Game Commission to set its own license fees for 5 years (sponsor summary),  Senate Bill 553 (Stefano-R-Fayette) to authorize the Fish and Boat Commission to sets its own license fees for 5 years (sponsor summary); the Transportation Committee holds a roundtable discussion on exempting eligible counties from vehicle emissions testing in Westmoreland County.  <>  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--

Clean Transportation Infrastructure: Senate Bill 596 (Mensch-R-Montgomery) designed to promote the development of clean transportation infrastructure to support electric, natural gas and hydrogen vehicles.  Click Here for more.

Coal Refuse Tax Credit: Senate Bill 618 (Argall-R-Schuylkill) increase the Coal Refuse Energy and Reclamation Tax Credit from $10 million to $45 million annually (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

May 6, 7, 8

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

House

May 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 22 (non-voting), 23 (non-voting)

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

5/6/2019