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 and House will return to voting session on June 2.

House 2008 Session Days—

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

Senate 2008 Session Days--

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 for June 2--

Calendars

House (June 2): 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; House Bill 934 (Scavello-R-Monroe) authorizing counties to impose up to a $4/ton solid waste management fee to support local recycling, anti-litter programs; House Resolution 712 (Hutchinson-R-Venango) re-establishing the Forestry Task Force; House Resolution 719 (George-D-Clearfield) endorsing request for federal funding for PA river basin commissions.

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; Special Session House Resolution 6 (Thomas ) designating November 15 as “Pennsylvania GIS Day” and the week of November 11-17 as “National Geography Awareness Week.”

Senate (June 2): Senate Resolution 283 (Brubaker-R-Lancaster) recognizing the accomplishments of Franklin & Marshall Professors Robert Walter and Dorothy Merritts on their research into legacy sediments.

Bills Introduced

These environmental bills of interest were introduced this week—

Nutrient Reduction Program: House Bill 2441 (Perry-R-Cumberland) providing for a Nutrient Reduction Program for wastewater plants, assistance to farmers to reduce nutrient runoff and providing for a Nutrient Credit Trading Bank.

Infrastructure Funding: House Bill 2450 (Levdansky-D-Allegheny) providing for a transfer of $200 million from the Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund to the PENNVEST Fund to finance infrastructure improvements.

Timber Damage: House Bill 2514 (Hanna-D-Centre) providing for restitution for theft of timber.

Elk Damage: House Bill 2515 (Hanna-D-Centre) providing for payment of claims for damages caused by elk.

Royalty Payments: House Bill 2534 (Causer-R-Cameron) requires 10 percent of all revenues received by the Game and Fish and Boat Commissions from the sale of timber and mineral royalties to be paid to the county in where the royalties are generated to be split with the county, local school districts and municipalities.

Flood Control Projects: House Bill 2539 (Seip-D-Schuylkill) and Senate Bill 1409 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) authorizing DEP to complete non-structural and structural stream improvement projects and flood protection and prevention projects and Senate Bill 1408 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) and House Bill 2546 (Conklin-D-Juniata) providing DEP additional authority in the acquisition of property for non-structural and structural flood protection and stream improvement projects.

5/16/2008