Here’s what’s coming up on the Senate and House agenda for next week, as well as the voting session schedule through June 30.

Session Schedule

The Senate will return to voting session on April 28 and the House returns May 5. The Senate has cancelled voting session for the week of May 19.

House 2008 Session Days—

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, and 14

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30

April 28, 29, 30

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, [CANCELLED 19, 20, 21]

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30

You can watch the Senate Floor Session and House Floor Session live online.

Calendars/Committees

The Senate and House published committee schedules for next week and floor Calendars when they return to voting session.—

Calendars

House (May 5): Senate Bill 1017 (Brubaker-R-Lancaster) providing for a ban on dishwasher detergent with phosphates; House Resolution 546 (George-D-Clearfield) urging Congress to investigate gas and energy prices; House Resolution 627 (George-D-Clearfield) urging federal government to provide more heating assistance funding.

Special Session House Bill 13 (Bennington-R-Mifflin) amends the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act to provide for increased use of energy efficiency, extends the compliance period from 15 to 21 years and provides additional milestones for the use of alternative energy; Special Session House Bill 17 (McIlvaine Smith-D-Montgomery) excluding purchase price of hybrid electric vehicles from sales and use tax.

Committees

Senate: the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1062 (Wonderling-R-Montgomery) providing for the reimbursement of developers for redevelopment of brownfield sites, Senate Bill 1330 (D.White-R-Indiana) providing for the resolution of coal bed methane rights disputes, Senate Resolution 294 (MJ.White-R-Venango) affirming the consent of the Commonwealth to the acquisition of Allegheny National Forest Lands is conditioned on the preservation of state and private property rights (a similar House Resolution 693 passed the House).

House: the Finance Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 1676 (Levdansky-D-Allegheny) dedicating a portion of the Sales Tax to fund the Fish and Boat and Game Commissions; the Tourism and Recreational Development Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 1908 (Rohrer-R-Berks) relating to liability for opening private lands to recreation; the House Republican Policy Committee holds a hearing on the cost of implementing the Chesapeake Bay Tributary Cleanup Strategy in Williamsport; the State Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 771 (Hershey-R-Chester) officially designating the Hazleton soil series as the official soil of the Commonwealth.

Bills Introduced

These environmental bills of interest were introduced this week—

Electric Lines: House Bill 2480 (DeWeese-D-Greene) adoption of the Mid-Atlantic Area National Corridor Compact to assert jurisdiction over the location of cross-border electric transmission lines.

4/25/2008