HB 327

HLS 26RS-282  ORIGINAL
 2026 Regular Session
 HOUSE BILL NO. 327
 BY REPRESENTATIVES MCCORMICK, OWEN, AND SCHAMERHORN
 ENERGY: Declares that carbon dioxide sequestration is illegal without a property owner's
  consent
1AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 30:2.2, relative to the legality of carbon dioxide sequestration; to make carbon
3dioxide sequestration illegal beneath private property without the property owner's
4consent; to provide an exception for property owners that cannot be located; and to
5provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7Section 1. R.S. 30:2.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8§2.2. Illegal acts; carbon dioxide sequestration
9Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, carbon dioxide
10sequestration beneath private property without the property owner's consent is
11illegal. However, this Section shall not apply if, after a reasonable search and good
12faith effort by the storage facility owner or operator, the property owner cannot be
13located.
  DIGEST
 The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
 of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
 part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
 HB 327 Original  2026 Regular Session  McCormick
 Abstract: Makes carbon dioxide sequestration illegal beneath private property without the
  property owner's consent, unless the property owner cannot be located.
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 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
 are additions.
HLS 26RS-282  ORIGINAL
  HB NO. 327
Proposed law provides that carbon dioxide sequestration beneath private property without
consent is illegal.
Proposed law provides an exception for instances where a property owner cannot be located
after a reasonable search and good fath effort to find them by the storage facility owner or
operator.
(Adds R.S. 30:2.2)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.