HB 601 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

ENERGY: Provides relative to carbon dioxide sequestration

HB 601 is a procedural bill that makes technical corrections to existing law by deleting specific phrases (such as "and R.S. 19.2.3" and "is hereby enacted") from a statute. It does not create new policy or directly affect any group; it solely streamlines or clarifies the wording of an existing legal provision. The bill passed with amendments on May 8, 2025, after committee review. Its title referencing "carbon dioxide sequestration" is misleading, as the actual text addresses only minor legal language adjustments.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Apr 4, 2025 Last action Jun 9, 2025

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HB601 Original → HB601 Engrossed · 5 edits · May 8, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was revised to clarify the specific entities eligible for eminent domain powers regarding carbon dioxide pipelines and storage. It explicitly limits these powers to projects approved by state conservation officials, removes the ability to expropriate reservoir storage rights, and adds new requirements for public notice and good-faith negotiation before any property can be taken.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed to strictly define which corporations and legal entities qualify for expropriation, specifically excluding foreign entities and those involved in enhanced recovery projects unless explicitly approved. It also removed the authority to take reservoir storage rights.

ELIGIBILITY

Added specific criteria to Section 19:2(10) and (11) to limit eminent domain authority to entities engaged in CO2 piping for enhanced recovery or underground storage that have received a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

Clarified that 'foreign' entities are those organized outside Louisiana with non-U.S. controlling interests, explicitly barring them from expropriation authority.

SCOPE

Deleted language allowing the expropriation of reservoir storage rights for geologic storage, restricting the power to only the construction and operation of storage facilities.

REQUIREMENT

Added a mandatory requirement for the expropriating authority to attempt a good-faith agreement on compensation and comply with R.S. 19:2.2 before filing any expropriation suit.

Inserted new notice requirements for transporters, mandating specific printed notices be provided to property owners prior to or at the initial meeting regarding proposed pipeline construction.

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Committee

May 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (11-5).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors