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

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

House (February 1 ): Senate Bill 2 (Ward-R-Westmoreland) proposing an amendment to the state constitution limiting emergencies declared by a Governor to 21 days, unless extended by the 253 members of the General Assembly; Senate Bill 109 (Pittman-R-Indiana) would provide for $912 million in COVID relief aid to small businesses and others.<> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.

Senate (February 1):  <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.

Committee Meetings  This Week

House:   <>  Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.

Senate: the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider letter urging IRRC to disapprove regulation reducing carbon emissions from power plants.   <>  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 Carbon Pollution Reduction Program From Power Plants: Senate Bill 119 (Pittman-R- Indiana) would kill the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Program covering power plants.  Gov. Wolf vetoed a similar bill last year.  Read more here.

Regulation Reviews: Senate Bill 126 (Brooks-R-Crawford) providing for an automatic review of economic significant regulations every three years (sponsor summary).

Moving Dedicated Funds To Special Funds: House Bill 255 (Grove-R-York) would transfer 46 dedicated funds, including 13 dedicated environmental and conservation funds into the General Fund as restricted accounts so they can be drawn upon to pay the state’s bills when the General Fund balance is low without having to borrow money (sponsor summary).

Solar Panel Recycling: House Bill 266 (James-R-Venango) requiring solar panels to be recycled under the deeply flawed Controlled Device Recycling Act.  Read more here.

Shielding Violators From Enforcement: House Bill 288 (O’Neal-R-Washington) would create a Regulatory Compliance Officer in each state agency to, among other duties, develop guidelines to waive penalties if a business or other entity if they attempted to comply with a regulation.  Read more here.

Micro-hydropower General Permit: House Bill 319 (Puskaric-R-Allegheny) establishing a general permit for micro-hydropower installations by DEP. (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

February 1, 2, 3, 23, 24, 25

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

April 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28

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

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

House 

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

2/1/2021