Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF249: A BILL FOR An Act relating to damages incurred due to releases of carbon dioxide from liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon dioxide facilities and including effective date provisions
Status: In committee, February 18, 2025
An Act relating to damages incurred due to releases of carbon dioxide from liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon dioxide facilities and including effective date provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to damages incurred due to releases of carbon dioxide from liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon dioxide facilities and including effective date provisions.
From the introduced text, February 10, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to damages incurred due to releases of carbon dioxide from liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon dioxide facilities and including effective date provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1980XS (3) sb/js S.F. Section 1. NEW SECTION. 479B.34 Carbon dioxide release ---- cause of action. 1. For purposes of this section: a. "Owner" means any person that owns or operates a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline or carbon dioxide facility or supplies carbon dioxide to a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline or carbon dioxide facility. b. "Victim" means any person residing, traveling through, or visiting, or owning or leasing property, equipment, or livestock, within a twenty-five-mile radius from the site of a release of carbon dioxide from a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline or carbon dioxide facility. 2. Any victim shall have standing to commence an action for compensation for any and all damages the victim incurred or is projected to incur due to a release of carbon dioxide from a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline or carbon dioxide facility. 3. A victim shall file a claim under subsection 2 not later than one year after the day the cause of action accrues. 4. The owner shall be strictly liable for all compensatory and punitive damages. Any judgment lien imposed as …
Sponsors
- Sandy Salmon (R, 29) · primary sponsor
- Doug Campbell (R, 30)
- Kevin Alons (R, 7)
- Dennis Guth (R, 28)
- Jeff Taylor (R, 2)
- Mark Lofgren (R, 48)
- Cherielynn Westrich (R, 13)
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Bousselot, Blake, and Webster. S.J. 301 .
- : Introduced, referred to Commerce. S.J. 217 .
Common questions
- What is SF249?
- SF249 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to damages incurred due to releases of carbon dioxide from liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon dioxide facilities and including effective date provisions.
- What does SF249 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to damages incurred due to releases of carbon dioxide from liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon dioxide facilities and including effective date provisions.
- What is the status of SF249?
- In committee as of February 18, 2025. Latest action: Subcommittee: Bousselot, Blake, and Webster. S.J. 301 . (February 18, 2025).
- Who sponsored SF249?
- Sandy Salmon (R, 29), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SF249?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+0249&ga=91
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