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LouisianaHB 6912025 Regular SessionHouse

ENERGY: Establishes public safety and accountability procedures for carbon dioxide sequestration (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsored By: R. Dewith Carrier (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Natural Resources

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1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Stronger carbon storage safeguards and penalties

Louisiana owners or operators of permitted Class VI carbon storage wells must report releases within 24 hours. The same deadline applies to equipment failures that could release stored carbon dioxide. Reports must give the exact location, incident details, and cause when possible. They must describe risks to public health, water sources, and land stability, plus immediate response steps and a repair timeline. Operators must keep required records and share reports with affected local responders, law enforcement, and officials. Reports must also reach the public through an official press release, and the department must post them online. Maximum civil penalties rise from $5,000 to $200,000 for each violation, for each day it continues. Penalties apply when a person misses a compliance order's correction deadline or the commissioner finds a violation, including reporting or recordkeeping failures. The commissioner can also suspend or revoke the violator's permits, compliance orders, licenses, or variances.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • R. Dewith Carrier

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 227 • No: 0

House vote • 6/10/2025

Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

Yes: 91 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/8/2025

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 37 • No: 0

House vote • 5/20/2025

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 89 • No: 0

House vote • 5/15/2025

Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 568 reported by the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 397.

    6/20/2025House

  2. Effective date: 06/20/2025.

    6/20/2025House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/12/2025Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/12/2025House

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    6/11/2025House

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

    6/10/2025House

  7. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    6/9/2025House

  8. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025.

    6/9/2025House

  9. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    6/8/2025Senate

  10. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    6/4/2025Senate

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    6/4/2025Senate

  12. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

    5/27/2025Senate

  13. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    5/21/2025Senate

  14. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/20/2025House

  15. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/19/2025House

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2025.

    5/19/2025House

  17. Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 568 reported by the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment (10-0).

    5/15/2025House

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