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 (January 25 ): <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate (January 25): <> 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--

Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing: House Bill 72 (Keefer-R-York) allows the General Assembly to kill regulations by doing nothing.  The bill was referred to the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee which leaves no doubt what agency is their intended target.

This is part of the House Republican 2021 environmental agenda.

The bill would require legislative approval of any economically significant final regulation or final-omitted regulation that has an impact of $1 million or more on a regulated community. 

In order for a final regulation approved by the Independent Regulatory Review Commission to go into effect, the Senate and House would have to adopt a concurrent resolution approving the regulation. 

If one or both of the chambers failed to act, the final regulation would be deemed NOT approved and would be prohibited from taking effect.

This proposal was introduced as House Bill 806 (Keefer-R-York)-- which passed the House and died in the Senate-- and Senate Bill 5 (DiSanto-R-Dauphin) which was on the Senate Calendar for final action when the legislative session ended. Read more here.

Require Third Party Permit Reviews: House Bill 139 (Rothman-R-Cumberland) requires all state agencies to establish a new bureaucracy in the form of third party permit review programs that delegate decision-making authority to persons other than the public agency with the legal authority to make those decisions with no conflict of interest or other protections for the public or applicants.

The bill was referred to the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee which leaves no doubt what agency is their intended target.

This is part of the House Republican 2021 environmental agenda.

This was introduced as House Bill 509 (Rothman-R-Cumberland) and passed by House Republicans and died in the Senate at the end of last session  Read more here.

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 25, 26, 27

February 1, 2, 3

March 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24

April 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21

May 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26

June 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30

House 

January 25, 26, 27

February 1, 2, 3

March 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24

April 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28

May 3, 4, 5, 24, 25, 26

June 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30

September 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29

October 4, 5, 6, 25, 26, 27

November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17

December 13, 14, 15

1/18/2021