Environmental Resources & Energy 2023-2024
The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held a voting meeting on Monday, February 27, 2023, Off-The-Floor to consider the following legislation:
- 44 (Yaw): Prohibiting the use of certain class B firefighting foams under certain circumstances; and imposing powers and duties on the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and the State Fire Commissioner
- The bill was reported out of committee by a 7-4, party-line vote.
- SB211 (Yaw): Establishes decommissioning and bonding requirements for project developers who seek to install or operate commercial solar electric generation facilities in PA.
- This bill was reported out of committee by a vote of 8-3, Sens. Cappelletti, Muth, and Saval voting in the negative.
- SB254 (Yaw): Temporarily suspends Pennsylvania’s regulations adopting California regulations related to heavy-duty vehicle diesel controls, leaving the Federal standards to govern while the suspension is in effect.
- The bill was reported out of committee by a 7-4, party-line vote.
- SR9 (Langerholc): Resolution to Restart the Keystone XL Pipeline
- The bill was reported out of committee by a 7-4, party-line vote.
The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held a voting meeting on Wednesday January 18th, 2023 to consider the following:
SB115 (Stefano): Amending Pennsylvania’s Bituminous Coal Mine Safety Act to provide the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Bureau of Mine Safety the flexibility in the schedule of maintenance for the replacement of oil and oil filter on diesel-powered equipment.
- The bill was reported out as committed unanimously.
SR9 (Langerholc): A resolution to urge the President of the United States to restart and expedite the completion of the Keystone XL pipeline.
- This legislation went over.
Senator Carolyn Comitta
Committee Chair