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 9.

House 2008 Session Days—

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

Senate 2008 Session Days--

June 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 9--

Calendars

House (June 9): 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-D-Philadelphia) designating November 15 as “Pennsylvania GIS Day” and the week of November 11-17 as “National Geography Awareness Week.”

Senate (June 9): Senate Bill 352 (Robbins-R-Mercer) providing for a Low-Income Energy Assistance Program allocation of funds; 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 2539 (Seip-D-Schuylkill) and House Bill 2546 (Conklin-D-Centre) authorizing nonstructural alternatives to control flooding, House Bill 2549 (Siptroth-D-Monroe) authorizing funding for unsafe high hazard dam repairs; the Game and Fisheries Committee meets to consider House Bill 2575 (Hanna-D-Centre) that authorizing elk deterrent fences and reimbursement for certain damages; the Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 2266 (Steil-R-Bucks) updating and expanding stormwater/watershed planning requirements.

Senate: the Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 2 (Earll-R-Erie) H20 Water Infrastructure Funding Program, Senate Bill 1050 (Baker-R-Luzerne) providing funding for waste tire removal and recycling; the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1341 (Musto-D-Luzerne) authorizing a $1 billion bond issue voter referendum for water, wastewater and stormwater projects, Senate Bill 1408 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) and Senate Bill 1409 (Wozniak) authorizing the use of nonstructural alternatives to address flooding problems, House Bill 1705 (Harkins-D-Erie) adopting the Great Lakes Water Resources Compact; and House Bill 1742 (Pashinski-D-Luzerne) prevention of scrap material thefts.

Bills Introduced

The following legislation of interest was introduced this week—

Horizontal Wells: House Bill 2453 (Major-R-Susquehanna) amending the Oil and Gas Conservation Law providing that horizontal wells drilled into the Marcellus Shale horizon are subject to the requirements of the act.

Hybrid Tax Exemption: House Bill 2587 (DePasquale-D-York) excluding the purchase price of hybrid and fuel-efficient vehicles from Sales Tax.

Hybrid Rebates: House Bill 2588 (DePasquale-D-York) amending the Alternative Fuels Incentive Act to increase hybrid, bi-fuel or dual-fuel rebates to at least $1,000.

6/6/2008