Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to damages incurred due to releases of carbon dioxide from liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon dioxide facilities and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by Sen. Kevin Alons (R), Sen. Doug Campbell (R), Sen. Dennis Guth (R), Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R), Sen. Sandy Salmon (R), Sen. Jeff Taylor (R), Sen. Cherielynn Westrich (R)
Topics:Business & economyEnergy & utilities
Same legislation: HF 413
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to damages incurred due to the release of carbon dioxide. The bill grants any person residing, traveling through, or visiting, or owning or leasing property, equipment, or livestock, within a 25-mile radius from the site of a release of carbon dioxide from a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline or carbon dioxide facility standing to bring an action against the owner of a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline or carbon dioxide facility if carbon dioxide is released from a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline or carbon dioxide facility.
Read the full explanation
The bill requires the claim to be filed within one year of the incident occurring. The bill imposes strict liability on the owner for all compensatory and punitive damages. The bill provides that any judgment lien for an action brought under the bill has priority over all other security interests or liens. The bill requires any assets held by an owner involved in bankruptcy or receivership to be held in trust for the benefit of potential carbon dioxide victim judgment lienholders for a period of one year from the owner’s last day of controlling the operations of the liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline or carbon dioxide facility or the owner’s last day of producing carbon dioxide that will be transported through a pipeline or sequestered on the property. The bill is effective upon enactment.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named February 18, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§479B.34
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Lobbying
6 for · 0 against · 2 undecided · Who →
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