The bills come nearly a year after a statewide investigative grand jury found that state regulators failed to protect the public from the health impacts of fracking.
This legislation, along with legislation that would also address emergency response to a pipeline explosion or leak, have been languishing in the House and Senate for a long time.
The Senate Appropriations Committee will consider Senate Bill 790, which sets environmental protection standards for conventional oil and gas well drilling and legalizes road dumping of wastewater from conventional wells.
