| HB 110 |
Vitali |
Act providing for report on potential global warming impacts & economic opportunities for PA, duties of DEP, for inventory of greenhouse gases, creation of stakeholder process, voluntary registry of greenhouse gas emissions & climate plan. |
| Position: | Support |
| Remarks: | PennFuture supports House Bill 110. |
| Bill History: |
10-31-07 H Third consideration 10-31-07 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:182/N: 15) 11-13-07 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Environmental Resources and Energy |
| HB 221 |
Tangretti |
Act providing for the establishment of the Historic Preservation Incentive Grant Program for historic commercial and residential sites. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
10-24-07 S First consideration 10-29-07 S Set on the Senate Calendar 10-29-07 S Rereferred to Senate Community, Economic & Recreational Dev |
| HB 297 |
Yewcic |
Act providing owners of surface property the right of first refusal to purchase mineral rights under their surface property; and voiding interests in mineral rights that have been conveyed without providing the right to such owners. |
| Bill History: |
02-07-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Environmental Resources and Energy 04-17-07 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m., Room 205, Ryan O...House Environmental Resources and En 04-17-07 H Passed over in committee House Environmental Resources and Energy |
| HB 484 |
Beyer |
Amends the Tax Reform Code providing for a tax credit for new diesel technology. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
02-20-07 H Filed 02-26-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Finance 03-19-08 H Discussed in budget presentation House Appropriations |
| HB 656 |
Bastian |
Amends the PA Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act further providing for split-off, separation or transfer. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
09-17-07 H Laid on the table 10-15-07 H Removed from the table 10-15-07 H Rereferred to House Appropriations |
| HB 690 |
Cohen |
Act establishing the Plug-in Hybrid Task Force; and providing for its powers and duties. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
10-24-07 H Third consideration 10-24-07 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:198/N: 0) 11-09-07 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Environmental Resources and Energy |
| HB 904 |
Freeman |
Amends the PA Municipalities Planning Code adding provisions to authorize temporary development moratorium. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
12-11-07 H Laid on the table 12-12-07 H Removed from the table 12-12-07 H Rereferred to House Appropriations |
| HB 1202 |
Gerber |
Act providing for the sale of transportation fuels containing clean, renewable or alternative fuel content. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
11-14-07 S Discussed in press conference 12-12-07 S Discussed in press conference 12-18-07 S Discussed in press conference |
| HB 1203 |
Hornaman |
Amends the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act further providing for definitions, alternative energy portfolio standards, portfolio requirements in other states & for interconnection standards for customer-generator facilities. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
07-16-07 G In the hands of the Governor 07-26-07 G Last day for Governor's action 07-17-07 G Approved by the Governor (Act: 35 ) |
| HB 1206 |
Surra |
Amends the Administrative Code providing for the establishment & allocation of an additional municipal waste landfill disposal fee in the Department of Environmental Protection. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
07-11-07 H Removed from the table 09-26-07 H Set on the House Calendar 09-26-07 H Rereferred to House Rules |
| HB 1787 |
McIlvaine Smith |
Amends the PA Municipalities Planning Code providing for procedure for municipal curative amendment subsequent to appellate court decision. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
12-12-07 H Third consideration 12-12-07 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:166/N: 26) 12-20-07 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Local Government |
| HB 1974 |
Steil |
Amends the General Appropriation Act of 2007 providing for a transfer to the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund and reducing certain State appropriations to the Senate and the House of Representatives. |
| Bill History: |
10-26-07 H Filed 10-26-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations |
| HB 2039 |
Milne |
Act reestablishing & continuing the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund; providing for funding & expenditures from the fund; & repealing provisions of the Tax Reform Code relating to the fund. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
11-14-07 H Filed 11-15-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Environmental Resources and Energy 12-06-07 H Public hearing held in committee House Republican Policy Committee |
| HB 2200 |
George |
Amends Title 66 (Public Utilities) providing for recovery of certain labor relations expenses; further providing for definitions; providing for adoption of energy efficiency & demand-side response; & duties of electric companies. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
02-12-08 H Third consideration 02-12-08 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:152/N: 45) 02-20-08 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Consumer Protection & Prof. Licensur |
| HB 2201 |
McCall |
Amends Title 66 (Public Utilities) further providing for definition of "public utility"; adding definitions; further providing for standards for restructuring of electric industry & for rate phase-in plans & for microgrids. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
02-05-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m., Room G-50, Irvis...House Consumer Affairs 02-05-08 H Passed over in committee House Consumer Affairs 02-27-08 H Discussed in budget hearing with the Office...House Appropriations Advocate & Office of Small Business Advocate ions |
| SB 25 |
Musto |
Amends the Insurance Company Law, further providing, in health insurance individual accessibility, for definitions and for benefits. |
| Position: | Opposed |
| Bill History: |
01-29-07 S Filed 01-29-07 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Banking and Insurance |
| SB 31 |
Dinniman |
Amends Title 68 (Real & Personal Property) further providing, in condominiums, cooperatives & planned communities, for contents of declarations, for public offering statements & for resales. |
| Position: | Opposed |
| Bill History: |
02-05-07 S Filed 02-05-07 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Urban Affairs and Housing |
| SB 152 |
Greenleaf |
Amends Title 75 (Vehicles) further providing for definitions; providing for regulation and operation of neighborhood electric vehicles; and further providing for operation of vehicle without official certificate of inspection. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
05-08-07 S First consideration 05-21-07 S Set on the Senate Calendar 05-21-07 S Rereferred to Senate Appropriations |
| SB 266 |
Erickson |
Act providing for a report on potential climate change impacts & econ opportunities, for DEP duty, for greenhouse gas inventory, est. the Climate Change Advisory Cmte, for greenhouse gas emissions registry & climate change action plan. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
11-20-07 S Third consideration 11-20-07 S Final Passage (Vote: Y: 47/N: 3) 11-21-07 H Received in the House and referred to House Environmental Resources and Energy |
| SB 354 |
White, M |
Amends the Administrative Code further providing for the Environmental Quality Board. |
| Position: | Opposed |
| Bill History: |
04-24-07 S Second consideration 05-07-07 S Set on the Senate Calendar 05-07-07 S Recommitted to Senate Environmental Resources and Energy |
| SB 453 |
Rafferty |
Act authorizing municipalities to adopt regulations applicable to riparian buffers within municipal boundaries; providing additional powers and duties for the Department of Environmental Protection; & providing for penalties. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-07 S Filed 03-14-07 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| SB 762 |
White, M |
Act coordinating plans to reduce mercury emissions from new & existing stationary sources in PA; imposing duties on & limiting powers of the Dept. of Environmental Protection & limiting Environmental Quality Board powers. |
| Position: | Opposed |
| Bill History: |
04-12-07 S Filed 04-12-07 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Environmental Resources and Energy |
| SB 784 |
Browne |
Act requiring the Dept. of Revenue to submit a unified economic development budget; providing for unified reporting of property tax reductions & abatements; for economic development & job quality reporting & for record disclosure. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
05-02-07 S Filed 05-02-07 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Finance |
| SB 789 |
Dinniman |
Act providing for the sale of alternative transportation fuels containing renewable or alternative fuel content. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
05-02-07 S Filed 05-02-07 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Environmental Resources and Energy |
| SB 913 |
White, M |
Act providing for environmental funds reporting and disclosure. |
| Position: | Opposed |
| Bill History: |
01-30-08 H Set on the Tabled Calendar 01-30-08 H Removed from the table 01-30-08 H Rereferred to House Appropriations |
| SB 1017 |
Brubaker |
Amends the Phosphate Detergent Act, further providing for exclusions and exceptions. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
05-07-08 H Signed in the House 05-07-08 G In the hands of the Governor 05-17-08 G Last day for Governor's action |
| SB 1035 |
Rafferty |
Act providing for return of beverage containers & for powers & duties of DEP; imposing returnable beverage container assessment on distributors; establishing the Returnable Beverage Container Fund, etc. & for report to General Assembly. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
07-20-07 S Filed 07-20-07 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Environmental Resources and Energy |
| SB 1100 |
Pileggi |
Act providing for the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund, for its funding, for expenditures from the fund and for audits of the fund; making an appropriation; and making related repeals. |
| Position: | Support |
| Bill History: |
12-13-07 G In the hands of the Governor 12-23-07 G Last day for Governor's action 12-18-07 G Approved by the Governor (Act: 77 ) |
| SB 1134 |
Tomlinson |
Amends Title 66 (Public Utilities), in restructuring of electric utility industry, providing for rate change mitigation and for energy efficiency & demand-response measures; & further providing for duties of electric distribution companies. |
| Bill History: |
11-20-07 S Hearing set for 9:30 a.m., Hearing Room 1 N...Senate Consumer Protection & Prof. L 11-20-07 S Public hearing held in committee Senate Consumer Protection & Prof. Licensure 02-27-08 S Discussed in budget hearing with the Office...House Appropriations Advocate & Office of Small Business Advocate ions |
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