Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF268: A BILL FOR An Act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, and pooling orders
Status: In committee, March 6, 2025
An Act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, and pooling orders.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, and pooling orders.
From the introduced text, February 11, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, and pooling orders. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2000XS (2) sb/js S.F. Section 1. Section 458A.2, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsections: NEW SUBSECTION. 01. "Casing" means the practice of providing structural integrity, stability for unstable geologic formations, and formation isolation, allowing for pressure control via blowout preventer equipment, and allowing for flowback if applicable. NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. "Correlative rights" means the opportunity afforded to the owner of each property in a pool to produce, so far as it is reasonably practicable to do so without waste, a just and equitable share of the oil or gas, or both, in the pool. NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. "Exploratory well" means a well drilled beyond the known producing limits of a pool. NEW SUBSECTION. 20A. "Well log" means a record of geologic formations penetrated by the borehole with respect to both time and depth during drilling operations. Sec. 2. Section 458A.4, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH. 0b. Every person acting as a principal or agent for another or independently engaged in the production, storage, transportation, except by railroad, …
Sponsors
- Michael Klimesh (R, 32) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 546 . S.J. 438 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/24/2025 3:45PM Senate Lounge.
- : Subcommittee: Sweeney, Staed, and Zumbach. S.J. 271 .
- : Introduced, referred to Natural Resources and Environment. S.J. 241 .
Subjects: confidentiality, oils, natural resources department, processing and production, gases, wells, natural resources, land use
Common questions
- What is SF268?
- SF268 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, and pooling orders.
- What does SF268 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, and pooling orders.
- What is the status of SF268?
- In committee as of March 6, 2025. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 546 . S.J. 438 . (March 6, 2025).
- Who sponsored SF268?
- Michael Klimesh (R, 32).
- Where is the official record for SF268?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+0268&ga=91
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