HB 589

HLS 26RS-515  ORIGINAL
 2026 Regular Session
 HOUSE BILL NO. 589
 BY REPRESENTATIVE FARNUM
 ENERGY/PIPELINES: Requires a five hundred foot setback for carbon dioxide pipelines
1AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 30:1113, relative to siting requirements; to add a setback for
3construction of carbon dioxide transport pipelines; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5Section 1. R.S. 30:1113 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6§1113. Siting requirements
7A. No Class VI injection wellhead shall be located within five hundred feet
8of the following:
9(1) Inhabited dwellings not owned by the storage operator or any owner in
10interest bound by a contract with the storage operator that allows for location of a
11Class VI injection well within five hundred feet of an inhabited dwelling.
12(2) Schools.
13(3) Healthcare facilities.
14B. No pipeline for transport of carbon dioxide shall be constructed within
15five hundred feet of the following:
16(1) Inhabited dwellings.
17(2) Schools.
18(3) Healthcare facilities.
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HLS 26RS-515  ORIGINAL
  HB NO. 589
  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 589 Original  2026 Regular Session  Farnum
Abstract: Adds a five hundred foot setback for construction of carbon dioxide transport
  pipelines in certain areas.
Present law prohibits Class VI injection wellheads from being located within 500 ft. of
inhabited dwellings, schools, and healthcare facilities.
Proposed law retains present law and adds a prohibition for construction of pipelines for
transport of carbon dioxide within 500 ft. of inhabited dwellings, schools, and healthcare
facilities.
(Amends R.S. 30:1113)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.