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Read. Follow. Verify.Beauregard Parish Given Authority to Ban Carbon Dioxide Wells and Pipelines
Last action · May 19, 2026: Involuntarily deferred in committee.Sponsors: Rodney Schamerhorn and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 498 authorizes the governing authority of Beauregard Parish to permit or prohibit , , and carbon dioxide pipelines within the parish by resolution or ordinance. If enacted, this local determination supersedes conflicting state and local regulations and prevents the state Department of Conservation and Energy from issuing permits for prohibited activities.
Grants a local parish government veto power over state-regulated carbon sequestration and pipeline projects within its borders, overriding existing permit applications and state rules.
- Class VI injection wells are regulated under federal and state safe drinking water laws specifically for the long-term underground storage of carbon dioxide. context
- The Beauregard Parish Police Jury previously adopted a resolution on October 7, 2025, opposing carbon dioxide sequestration activity within the parish. 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.
Beauregard Parish residents
Residents are impacted by local decisions regarding whether carbon dioxide injection wells and pipelines may be located within their parish borders.
Department of Conservation and Energy
The department's authority to issue permits for Class VI injection wells and carbon dioxide pipelines is restricted in parishes that enact local prohibitions.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
5 actions- May 19, 2026HouseInvoluntarily deferred in committee.
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
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Local Veto on State Energy Permits
The legislation creates a direct exception to statewide regulatory authority by empowering a local parish governing body to ban carbon dioxide injection wells and pipelines.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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