rnMonday, Oct. 24rn rnCommittee Meetings/HearingsrnJUDICIARY, 10:30 a.m., Room G-50, Irvis Office BuildingrnPublic hearing on HB 1552 (Rep. Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster): Restricts the filing of personal civil injury lawsuits to the county where the death or injury occurred.rn rnSessionrnOn Monday, the House will convene at 1 p.m. for legislative business. The members will vote the uncontested calendar and Rule 35 resolutions.rn rnVotes on Second ConsiderationrnHR 437 (Rep. Kevin Murphy, D-Lackawanna): A resolution designating November 2011 as ?Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month? in Pennsylvania.rnHB 1091 (Rep. Patrick Harkins, D-Erie): Road designation: the Michael D. Crotty Memorial Parkway.rnHB 1827 (Rep. Bud George, D-Clearfield): Bridge re-designation: the Mary Ellen Tiesi Memorial 9-11 Bridge.rnHB 1862 (Rep. Martin Causer, R-Cameron/Potter/McKean): Bridge designations: the Captain Edgar E. Nuschke Memorial Bridge and the Private First Class Edward Ritsick Memorial Bridge.rnHB 1893 (Rep. Randy Vulakovich, R-Allegheny): Prohibits the use of an electronic gaming machine to conduct or promote sweepstakes.rn rnVotes on Third ConsiderationrnHB 1603 (Rep. Thomas Quigley, R-Montgomery): Defines first offense, in cases of retail theft, as any conviction, acceptance of Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition or any other form of preliminary disposition that occurs prior to the sentencing of the present violation.rnSB 282 (Sen. Robert Robbins, R-Crawford/Mercer/Butler/Lawrence): Increases the monetary threshold in the Third Class City Code for contracts requiring full advertising and bidding from $10,000 to $18,500 and establishes the annual indexing and adjusting of the threshold for inflation.rnSB 285 (Sen. Mike Folmer, R-Lebanon/Berks/Chester/Dauphin/Lancaster): Increases the monetary threshold in the Borough Code for contracts that require full advertising and bidding from $10,000 to $18,500, increases the minimum for contracts requiring written or telephonic quotes from $4,000 to $10,000, and establishes the annual indexing and adjusting of these figures for inflation.rnSB 286 (Sen. John Gordner, R-Columbia/Montour/Northumberland/Snyder/Dauphin/Luzerne): Increases the monetary threshold, in an act regulating the contracts of incorporated towns, for contracts that require full advertising and bidding from $10,000 to $18,500, increases the minimum for contracts requiring written or telephonic quotes from $4,000 to $10,000, and establishes the annual indexing and adjusting of these figures for inflation.rnSB 290 (Sen. Mike Brubaker, R-Chester/Lancaster): Amends the Political Subdivision Joint Purchases Law to increase the monetary threshold for contracts that require full advertising and bidding from $10,000 to $18,500, increase the minimum for contracts requiring written or telephonic quotes from $4,000 to $10,000, and establish the annual indexing and adjusting of these figures for inflation.rnSB 292 (Sen. John Eichelberger, R-Bedford/Blair/Fulton/Huntingdon/Mifflin): Amends the Flood Control Law to increase the monetary threshold for contracts that require full advertising and bidding from $4,000 to $18,500 and establish the annual indexing and adjusting of the threshold for inflation.rnSB 295 (Sen. Michael Waugh, R-York): Amends the Housing Authorities Law to increase the monetary threshold for contracts that require full advertising and bidding from $10,000 to $18,500, increase the minimum for purchases requiring written or telephonic quotes from $4,000 to $10,000, and establish the annual indexing and adjusting of these figures for inflation.rnSB 296 (Sen. John Eichelberger): Amends the Public School Code to increase the monetary threshold for contracts that require full advertising and bidding from $10,000 to $18,500, increase the minimum for purchases requiring written or telephonic quotes from $4,000 to $10,000, increase the cost under which school district maintenance personnel may perform construction or repairs from $5,000 to $10,000, and establish the annual indexing and adjusting of these figures for inflation.rn rn Video is of Reps. Grell and Ross after the passage of SB 1151 the Harrisburg takeover bill. Photo/Natalie Cake