All Roll Calls
Yes: 267 • No: 66
IllinoisSB1697104th General Assembly (2025–2026)SenateWALLET
CARBON CAPTURE-COMPENSATION
Sponsored By: Laura Fine (Democratic)
Became Law
assignmentsenergy and public utilitiesenergy & environment
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Landowners paid for pipeline damage
Beginning July 18, 2024, pipeline applicants must pay landowners for damage from construction. This includes crops, trees, fences, roads, buildings, personal property, livestock, and drainage. They must restore the surface, terraces, grassed waterways, and other soil conservation features to prior condition. If tiles are damaged while water is flowing, they must make temporary fixes at once and fund full restoration. They cannot enter fields when soil is too wet for normal farming; the Illinois Department of Agriculture can halt work. Crop losses are valued using nearby yields, local prices, and the acres impacted, with your initial estimate submitted to the applicant. Undisputed damages must be paid within 60 days after the work is completed. If you and the applicant cannot agree on soil compaction or rutting losses, the county soil and water conservation district advises on fixes and pay. If you sue and win, the applicant must pay your reasonable attorney fees and costs.
How pore-space unitization gets approved
Beginning July 18, 2024, an operator can ask Illinois DNR to combine (unitize) pore-space rights when it holds rights over at least 75% of the surface area and has negotiated in good faith. The petition carries a nonrefundable $250,000 fee paid into the Oil and Gas Resource Management Fund. After public notice and a hearing, DNR must issue an order within 60 days if criteria are met, including a federal Class VI well permit or an EPA finding that the permit application is administratively complete after one year. The order must promise just compensation for holdouts at least equal to the average total payments to similar consenting owners in the prior 365 days, excluding pre‑injection signing bonuses. DNR posts the petition (with protected material removed), holds an open, recorded hearing, and posts all comments online. The order does not take effect until the operator has both a federal Class VI permit and an Illinois carbon sequestration permit. The operator must also send a copy of the order to the Illinois EPA.
Replacement water if drinking water unsafe
Beginning July 18, 2024, if monitoring under a Class VI permit shows your drinking water is unsafe (for people or livestock), the operator must act. The operator must provide potable water within 24 hours. The operator must provide water safe for other needed uses within 30 days. They must keep supplying water until monitoring shows your water is safe again.
Pay and process for nonconsenting owners
Beginning July 18, 2024, after a unitization order, the operator must ask DNR to set the payment for each owner who did not sign. DNR holds a notice‑and‑hearing process and the operator must prove the proper amount; the final order can be reviewed in court. If an owner cannot be found, the operator must publish notice once a week for two straight weeks in the largest newspaper in each affected county before filing and again before the hearing. If the owner does not come forward by DNR’s public notice, that owner is treated as having consented. Money for unknown or unlocatable owners goes into a separate escrow for 20 years; after that, unpaid funds go to the State Treasurer under unclaimed property law.
Voluntary pooling of pore-space owners
Beginning July 18, 2024, if at least two pore‑space owners are inside a proposed sequestration site, they may agree to pool their rights and develop it together. This is voluntary. The law does not force pooling or set payment amounts.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Laura Fine
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
Graciela Guzmán
Democratic • Senate
Jay Hoffman
Democratic • House
Sara Feigenholtz
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/31/2025
Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed
Yes: 93 • No: 21 • Other: 1
House vote • 5/30/2025
Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee;
Yes: 19 • No: 8
House vote • 5/29/2025
Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
Yes: 74 • No: 37
Senate vote • 5/28/2025
Third Reading - Passed;
Yes: 56 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Energy and Public Utilities;
Yes: 11 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/15/2025
Do Pass as Amended Energy and Public Utilities;
Yes: 14 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0390
8/15/2025SenateEffective Date January 1, 2026
8/15/2025SenateGovernor Approved
8/15/2025SenateSent to the Governor
6/27/2025SenatePassed Both Houses
5/31/2025SenateThird Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 093-021-001
5/31/2025HouseChair Rules placed on Standard debate.
5/31/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
5/31/2025HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
5/30/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
5/30/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
5/30/2025HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 019-008-000
5/30/2025HouseMotion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 074-037-000
5/29/2025HouseMotion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Energy & Environment Committee; Rep. Bob Morgan
5/29/2025HouseCommittee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2025
5/29/2025HouseAssigned to Energy & Environment Committee
5/29/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
5/28/2025HouseFirst Reading
5/28/2025HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
5/28/2025HouseArrived in House
5/28/2025HouseAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
5/28/2025SenateThird Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
5/28/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
5/28/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Fine
5/28/2025SenateRecalled to Second Reading
5/28/2025Senate
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Enrolled
Introduced
Senate Amendment 1
Senate Amendment 2