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Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule (New 2012)/Bills Introduced
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Here are the Senate and House Calendars and Committee meetings showing bills of interest as well as a list of new environmental bills introduced--
Session Schedule
Here is the Senate and House schedule
Senate
November 14, 15, 16
December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14
House
November 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14
New
January 3 (non-voting), 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
February 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15,
March 12, 13, 14, 26, 27, 28
April 2, 3, 4, 30,
May 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23
June 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Bill Calendars
House (November 14): House Bill 1950 (Ellis-R-Butler) amending the Oil and Gas Act to include additional environmental protection measures for Marcellus Shale drilling, a county-optional drilling impact fee and additional transfers from the Oil and Gas Fund; Senate Bill 303 (MJ White-R-Venango) providing for the disposition of fines under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act; Senate Bill 304 (MJ White-R-Venango) requiring the posting of the state air quality implementation plan on the Internet; House Resolution 70 (Harhart-R-Lehigh) requesting the Department of Transportation to study the potential use of quarry and other mining waste in highway and civil engineering projects. <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.
Senate (November 14): ; Senate Bill 433 (Leach-D-Montgomery) providing for the incorporation of benefit corporations; Senate Bill 152 (D.White-R-Indiana) amending the PennVEST Act to clarify the eligibility of stormwater and other nonpoint source projects for funding; Senate Bill 477 (Browne-R-Lehigh) compelling the removal of outdoor advertising under the Municipalities Planning Code; Senate Bill 532 (Rafferty-R-Montgomery) further providing for penalties and waste permit renewals under the Solid Waste Management Act; Senate Bill 1150 (Smucker-R-Lancaster) establishing the Historic Rehabilitation Investment Incentive tax credit; Senate Resolution 202 (Kasunic-D-Somerset) urging the oil and gas industry to use acid mine water for fracking; House Bill 608 (Brooks-R-Crawford) providing for the use of bioenergy crops in mine reclamation; House Bill 1054 (Mustio-R-Allegheny) further providing for the licensing of engineers, land surveyors and geologists. <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.
Committees
House: the Transportation Committee meets to consider House Bill 3 (Geist-R-Blair) authorizing public-private transportation partnerships; the Consumer Affairs Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 1580 (Ross-R-Chester) increasing the solar mandate in the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards. <> Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.
Senate: the Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1100 (Scarnati-R-Jefferson) amending the Oil and Gas Act to include additional environmental protection measures for Marcellus Shale drilling and a drilling impact fee, Senate Bill 1264 (Baker-R-Luzerne) enacting the Flood Relief Act for September 2011 making an appropriation of $20 million for individual assistance, Senate Bill 1266 (Gordner-R-Columbia) authorizing the incurring of debt to fund flood damage recovery projects, Senate Bill 1267 (Blake-D-Lackawanna) authorizing real estate tax abatement as a result of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, Senate Bill 1268 (Gordner-R-Columbia) authorizing the incurring of debt to repair flood damaged highways, Senate Bill 1269 (Yaw-R-Bradford) adoption of capital projects to repair or replace flood damaged highways and bridges, Senate Bill 1271 (Yudichak-D-Luzerne) an itemized list of flood damaged highway and bridge repair projects, Senate Bill 1297 (Baker-R-Luzerne) establishing the Small Business Flood Relief Program of 2011, Senate Bill 1322 (Yaw-R-Bradford) establishing the Agriculture Disaster Recovery Program to provide disaster assistance to agricultural operations; the Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider House Bill 344 (Baker-R-Tioga) providing additional authority to the PUC to regulate pipeline safety; the Transportation Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 344 (Rafferty-R-Montgomery) authorizing public-private transportation partnerships; the Senate Environmental Resources & Energy and Senate Republican Policy Committees hold two days hearing on issues related to flood mitigation through stormwater management. <> Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.
Bills Introduced
The following bills of interest were introduced this week--
DEP Permit Review Process: House Bill 1659 (Pyle-R-Armstrong) establishes the DEP Permit Review and Issuance Act stipulating a process and timetable all DEP permit applications must follow. Natural Gas Severance Tax: House Bill 1863 (Murt-R-Bucks) establishing a 4.9 percent natural gas severance tax.
Flood Project Repair: House Bill 1916 (Millard-R-Columbia) Flood protection and flood damage repair project list.
Natural Gas Equipment Credit: House Bill 1966 (K.Smith-D-Lackawanna) providing a deduction from personal income tax for up to 20 percent of the cost of natural cost powered products. Rainy Day Disaster Fund: Senate Bill 1331 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) authorizing the Rainy Day Fund to be used for disaster recovery.
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