Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF238: A BILL FOR An Act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations
Status: In committee, March 5, 2025
An Act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations.
From the introduced text, February 6, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2348YH (2) sb/js H.F. Section 1. Section 479B.14, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 2. The commission shall not grant an exclusive right to any pipeline company to construct, maintain, or operate its pipeline along, over, or across any public or private highway, grounds, waters, or streams. The commission shall not grant a permit for longer than twenty-five years. The commission shall not renew a permit granted to a pipeline that transports liquefied carbon dioxide and no pipeline that transports liquefied carbon dioxide shall be permitted to operate for longer than twenty-five years. EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to permitting for pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide. The bill prohibits the Iowa utilities commission from renewing permits for pipelines that transport liquefied carbon dioxide. Additionally, the bill prohibits liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines from operating for longer than 25 years. Under current law, the commission may not grant pipeline permits for longer than 25 years. LSB 2348YH (2) -1- sb/js 1/1
Sponsors
- Charley Thomson (R, 58) · primary sponsor
- Eddie Andrews (R, 43)
- Helena Hayes (R, 88)
- Mark Thompson (R, 56)
- Robert Henderson (R, 2)
- Tom Shipley (R, 9)
- Zachary Dieken (R, 5)
- Cindy Golding (R, 83)
- Thomas Gerhold (R, 84)
- Thomas Jeneary (R, 3)
- Mark Cisneros (R, 96)
- Samantha Fett (R, 22)
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 780 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 1. H.J. 432 .
- : Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 432 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/13/2025 8:15AM RM 304.
- : Subcommittee: Thomson, C., Meyer, B. and Thompson, M. H.J. 290 .
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 257 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 432 . (February 25, 2025): 20 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: utilities, carbon dioxide, pipelines
Common questions
- What is HF238?
- HF238 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations.
- What does HF238 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations.
- What is the status of HF238?
- In committee as of March 5, 2025. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 780 . (March 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF238?
- Charley Thomson (R, 58), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HF238?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0238&ga=91
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