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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri restricts utility eminent domain for wind and solar generation facilities while permitting collection line acquisitions
Last action · April 9, 2026: Reported Do Pass (H)Sponsors: Brad Pollitt and 2 others
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What This Bill Would Do
House Bill 2169 modifies Missouri laws by prohibiting utilities from condemning property for wind or solar generation facilities, while explicitly allowing condemnation for related collection, distribution, and transmission lines that deliver solar and wind energy to the grid. The measure also restricts utilities and rural electric cooperatives from condemning property currently used by another utility provider unless specific non-interference conditions are met, and places delivery capacity requirements on s.
Property owners, utility providers, and renewable energy developers face new legal boundaries regarding which types of energy infrastructure can justify land condemnation and under what conditions existing utility assets may be crossed.
- House Bill 2169 was introduced in the 2026 Regular Session of the Missouri General Assembly by Representative Brad Pollitt. context
- Eminent domain in Missouri allows authorized entities to acquire private property for public use upon the payment of just compensation, governed primarily under chapter 523 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
electrical corporations
Electrical corporations face new statutory limits on their eminent domain powers regarding wind and solar generation plants while retaining rights for transmission and collection infrastructure.
rural electric cooperatives
Rural electric cooperatives are subject to restrictions regarding the condemnation of property currently used by competing utility service providers.
property owners
Property owners gain protection from eminent domain for direct wind and solar generation infrastructure on their lands, while remaining subject to potential condemnation for transmission and collection lines.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can utilities still use eminent domain for renewable energy projects under this bill?
Does the bill prevent one utility from condemning property owned by another utility provider?
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
8 actions- Apr 9, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Apr 8, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Apr 8, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Apr 1, 2026HousePublic Hearing Completed (H)
- Mar 9, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Special Committee on Rural Issues(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
Show 2 earlier actions
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 4, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
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Exclusion of Renewable Generation from Eminent Domain
The legislation draws a clear legal distinction between direct renewable generation facilities (which cannot use eminent domain) and grid-connection infrastructure (which can).
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- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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