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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana Senate Bill 260 Establishes New Permitting, Fee, and Liability Rules for Carbon Dioxide Pipelines and Sequestration Projects
Last action · January 8, 2026: First reading: referred to Committee on UtilitiesSponsors: Spencer Deery and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Indiana Senate Bill 260 requires carbon dioxide transmission pipeline applicants to submit risk assessments and injection estimates, establishes an annual fee of eight cents per ton for carbon sequestration pilot projects, and mandates that prior operators remain liable for past negligence or willful misconduct despite ownership transfers.
- The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature responsible for enacting statutes regarding natural resources and eminent domain. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Carbon dioxide transmission pipeline companies
Must submit expanded application materials including risk assessments, scenario modeling, and injection estimates.
Property owners
Eligible to have perceived risks of hazardous conditions considered when determining eminent domain compensation.
Operators of carbon sequestration pilot projects
Required to pay an annual fee per ton of injected carbon dioxide and remain liable for past negligence after ownership transfers.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What information must a carbon dioxide pipeline applicant provide to the state?
How are property owners compensated if their land is subjected to eminent domain for a carbon project?
Does selling a carbon sequestration pilot project clear the previous owner of liability?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 8, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
- Jan 8, 2026SenateAuthored by Senators Deery, Niemeyer
Version history
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Expanded Liability Retention
The bill explicitly prevents previous operators of carbon sequestration projects from escaping historical liability for negligence through ownership transfers.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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