The Senate and House committee meeting schedules and floor Calendars (such as they are) are detailed below--

Session Schedule

See you in September! The House returns to voting session on September 15. The Senate returns to voting session on September 16.

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

Calendars/Committees

The Senate and House committee meeting schedules and floor Calendars as they left them for summer recess--

Calendars

House (Next Voting Day): 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 Bill 44 (Rubley-R-Chester) banning the sale, installation and unsafe disposal of mercury thermostats; House Resolution 546 (George-D-Clearfield) urging Congress to investigate gas and energy prices;; 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: All bills on the Calendar were tabled.

Committees

Here are the Committee meeting sets for next week—

The House Game and Fisheries Committee will hear a presentation by Game Commission on oil, gas and mineral activities on State Game Lands in St. Mary’s, Pa

Bills Introduced

The following legislation of interest was introduced this week—

Alternative Energy: Senate Bill 1506 (Kasunic-D-Somerset) amends the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act to include advanced coal gasification as a Tier II energy source.

Environmental Liability: House Bill 2677 (Marsico-R-Dauphin) amending the Lender Environmental Liability Protection Act to further provide for definitions and limitation of liability.

Lifeguards: House Bill 2695 (Helm-R-Dauphin) providing for certification of lifeguards in State Parks.

Live/Work Areas: House Bill 2701 (Argall-R-Schuylkill) establishing the Live Near Your Work Program to designate areas in the community to promote the relocation of employees closer to their workplaces.

Gov’s Energy Initiative: House Resolution 843 (George-D-Clearfield) authorizing the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee to conduct an investigation into all aspects of the Governor’s Energy Initiative.

7/4/2008