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.

Committees

House: the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 44 (Rubley-R-Chester) prohibiting the sale of mercury thermostats, House Bill 328 (Sturla-D-Lancaster) establishing the Adopt-A-River Program within DCNR, House Bill 454 (Frankel-D-Allegheny) establishing the Office of Environmental Advocate; the Tourism and Recreational Development Committee meets to consider House Bill 1908 (Rohrer-R-Berks) landowner liability protection for opening lands for recreation.

Senate: the Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 2 (Earll-R-Erie) H20 Water Infrastructure Funding Program, Senate Bill 352 (Robbins-R-Mercer) providing for a Low-Income Energy Assistance Program allocation of funds.

Bills Introduced

The following legislation of interest was introduced this week—

Increasing Food Costs: Senate Resolution 337 (Washington-D-Philadelphia) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study the relationship between increased food prices and growing use of corn to produce biofuels.

5/30/2008