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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 249: Relating to damages incurred due to releases of carbon dioxide from liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon dioxide facilities and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

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.

Sponsors

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)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 18, 2025

  • Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Matt Blake (D) · matt.blake@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 6 for, 0 against

For: Climate Land Leaders; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Farmers Union; Personal Interest- Tony Thompson; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 10, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. February 18, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Bousselot, Blake and Webster

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SF249