Three Days of Session, Various Issues of Importance on House Agenda Next Week

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The Weekly Schedule

Identified by bill number, the sponsors and summaries for bills scheduled to be considered in committee or on the House floor are posted below. More information regarding these bills can be found at PAHouseGOP.com by clicking on the “Research Bills” tab.

Monday, January 13, 2014

Committee Meetings/Hearings

CONSUMER AFFAIRS, Call of Chair, Room B-31, Main Capitol

HB 906 (Rep. Mike Reese, R-Fayette/Westmoreland): Adds “government agencies” to the list of specifically enumerated third parties where customer consent is required in order for an electric distribution company to provide access to customer meters and meter data.
HB 1607 (Rep. Matt Baker, R-Bradford/Tioga): Transfers enforcement authority of the Underground Utility Line Protection Law from the Department of Labor and Industry to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and makes other changes.

Session

On Monday, the House will convene at 1 p.m. for legislative business. The members will vote the uncontested calendar and Rule 35 resolutions.

Votes on Second Consideration

HB 1655 (Rep. Matt Baker, R-Bradford/Tioga): Establishes the “Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Advisory Council.”
HB 1753 (Rep. Scott Conklin, D-Centre): Highway naming: Sergeant Adam Hartswick Interchange.
HB 1782 (Rep. Jeffrey Pyle, R-Armstrong/Indiana): Bridge designation: Freeport Firemen’s Bridge.
HB 1794 (Rep. Kurt Masser, R-Columbia/Montour/Northumberland): Highway naming: Veterans Highway.

HB 1796 (Rep. Todd Stephens, R-Montgomery): Prohibits municipal ordinances from penalizing a resident or landlord for needing police or emergency assistance at their property.

SB 29 (Sen. Patricia Vance, R-Cumberland/York): Requires health care providers to immediately report to the county agency newborns identified as being affected by an illegal substance and requires the county agency, upon receiving the report, to do a safety or risk assessment to determine whether the child is in need of protective services.
SB 437 (Sen. Mike Folmer, R-Berks/Chester/Dauphin/Lancaster/Lebanon): Creates a Pennsylvania military science teaching certificate.
SB 681 (Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, R-Bucks/Montgomery): Allows a court to issue protection orders to victims of sexual violence.

Votes on Third Consideration

HB 1411 (Rep. Jim Christiana, R-Beaver): Establishes a searchable, public Internet website detailing the revenues and expenditures of school districts.
HB 1741 (Rep. Fred Keller, R-Snyder/Union): Requires school boards to provide at least 48 hours’ notice prior to voting upon any proposed collective bargaining agreement or upon any proposed employment contract for a professional educator who is not a member of an employee organization.
HB 1816 (Rep. Mike Tobash, R-Berks/Schuylkill): Allows educators an opportunity to receive credit toward their continuing professional education development requirements by attending school board-approved site visits to manufacturing locations for orientation and industry demonstrations.
HB 1878 (Rep. Eli Evankovich, R-Armstrong/Westmoreland): Establishes the PA Workforce Investment Strategy – “PA WinS.”
HR 537 (Rep. Glen Grell, R-Cumberland): Encourages support and recognition of ChildFirst PA.
SB 689 (Sen. Jake Corman, R-Centre/Juniata/Mifflin/Perry/Union): Enacts the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Committee Meetings/Hearings

ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, 9 a.m., Room 205, Ryan Office Building

HB 1699 (Rep. Chris Ross, R-Chester): Establishes pollution control requirements for demand response generators.

STATE GOVERNMENT, 9 a.m., Room G-50, Irvis Office Building

HB 1602 (Rep. Becky Corbin, R-Chester): Removes Project 70 restrictions on certain land in Downingtown Borough, Chester County.
HB 1873 (Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre/Mifflin): Releases Project 70 restrictions on certain land in Benner Township, Centre County.
HB 1944 (Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Butler): Land, building and improvement conveyances in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, and the Borough of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County.
HB 1945 (Rep. Sue Helm, R-Dauphin): Land and building conveyances in the City of Harrisburg and Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County.

GAME AND FISHERIES, 10 a.m., Room G-50, Irvis Office Building

SB 1090 (Sen. Lisa Baker, R-Luzerne/Monroe/Pike/Susquehanna/Wayne/Wyoming): Allows any military veteran who is eligible for federal military disability compensation to receive a general hunting license for $1 plus issuing agent fees.
SB 1102 (Sen. Joseph Scarnati, R-Cameron/Clearfield/Elk/Jefferson/Mckean/Potter/Tioga/

Warren): Allows any resident military veteran who is eligible for federal military disability compensation to receive a general fishing license for $1 plus issuing agent fees.

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, Call of Chair, Room B-31, Main Capitol

SB 1181 (Sen. Elder Vogel, R-Allegheny/Beaver/Lawrence): Authorizes a five million dollar transfer from the Race Horse Development Fund to the State Racing Fund.

Session

On Tuesday the House will meet at 11 a.m. for legislative business.

Votes on Second Consideration

HB 1230 (Rep. Chris Ross, R-Chester): Amends the Real Estate Tax Law regarding the maintenance of certain properties held by the county tax claims bureau.
HB 1654 (Rep. Angel Cruz, D-Philadelphia): Adds Krabbe, Fabry, Pompe, Niemann-Pick, Gaucher and Hurler Syndrome to the list of genetic diseases that hospitals must screen newborns for in Pennsylvania.
HB 1738 (Rep. Bernie O’Neill, R-Bucks): Establishes a commission to review and make recommendations concerning basic education funding.

SB 21 (Sen. Kim Ward, R-Westmoreland): Clarifies who is a mandatory reporter in Pennsylvania, or persons required to make a report of suspected child abuse.
SB 24 (Sen. Randy Vulakovich, R-Allegheny/Butler): Establishes a statewide database of protective services within the Department of Public Welfare.

Votes on Third Consideration

HB 1655 (Baker, M.)
HB 1753 (Conklin)
HB 1782 (Pyle)
HB 1794 (Masser)
HB 1796 (Stephens)
SB 29 (Vance)
SB 681 (Greenleaf)

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Committee Meetings/Hearings

STATE GOVERNMENT, 9 a.m., Room 39, East Wing

Informational meeting on legislation pertaining to changing the tax reporting period for public charities in Pennsylvania with emphasis on HB 359 (Rep. Dave Reed, R-Indiana).

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, 9:15 a.m., Room 205, Ryan Office Building

Informational meeting on HB 1581 (Rep. Seth Grove, R-York): Creates the Cash Balance Pension Plan Act applicable to certain full-time municipal police and fire personnel hired on or after January 1, 2013.

URBAN AFFAIRS, 9:30 a.m., Room B-31, Main Capitol

HB 1808 (Rep. Kurt Masser, R-Columbia/Montour/Northumberland): Reduces the standard period from 21 years to 10 years for bringing an action for the acquisition of title through adverse possession under certain circumstances.
SB 497 (Sen. John Eichelberger, R-Bedford/Blair/Fulton/Huntingdon/Mifflin): Updates and re-codifies the Third Class City Code.
SB 703 (Sen. John Blake, D-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Monroe): Removes a three-year time limit within which members of the Scranton Police and Fire pension systems must begin working for the city in order to be eligible for purchasing credit for time spent in the armed forces.
SB 704 (Sen. John Blake, D-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Monroe): Removes a three-year time limit within which members of the Scranton employee pension system must begin working for the city in order to be eligible for purchasing credit for time spent in the armed forces.

Session

On Wednesday the House will meet at 11 a.m. for legislative business.

Votes on Third Consideration

HB 1230 (Ross)
HB 1654 (Cruz)
HB 1738 (O’Neill)
SB 21 (Ward)
SB 24 (Vulakovich)

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