The Senate and House have the following committee meetings scheduled next week and published voting Calendars for November 13—

Calendars – November 13

House: House Bill 1281 (Freeman-D-Lehigh) requiring municipalities to protect the Appalachian Trail; House Bill 1025 (Casorio-D-Westmoreland) amending the Workers’ Compensation Act to add employees from the Fish and Boat Commission exposed to disease to the definition of “occupational disease.”

Senate: House Bill 43 (Rubley-R-Chester) providing for uniform environmental covenants for brownfields projects;.

Special Energy Session: Special Session Senate Bill 1 (MJ White-R-Venango) to invest $530 million over the next seven years in consumer energy programs, energy conservation, and the development of alternative and renewable energy.

Committees

House: the Consumer Affairs Committee holds two hearings in Philadelphia on Special Session House Bill 18 (Kessler-D-Berks) providing for clean air taxicabs in Philadelphia and natural gas distribution and Philadelphia Gas Works takeover; the Local Government Committee scheduled a hearing on House Bill 397 (Petri-R-Bucks) providing for development impact fees. Middletown Township Building, Langhorne

Other: Public Utility Commission briefing by natural gas suppliers on reliability of supply this winter; Chesapeake Bay Commission meeting

11/2/2007