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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana requires state-appointed acquisition agents for carbon dioxide storage expropriation
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.Sponsor: Charles Owen
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 671 requires the Department of Conservation and Energy to appoint an independent acquisition agent to manage and facilitate all procedures for entities exercising for carbon dioxide storage. The expropriating authority must reimburse the department for all wages and expenses related to the acquisition agent's work.
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.
Property owners facing expropriation
Entities utilizing expropriation for carbon dioxide storage
These entities must use a state-appointed acquisition agent for pre-petition procedures and reimburse the department for all associated wages and expenses.
Department of Conservation and Energy
The department is required to appoint acquisition agents and receive reimbursements for agents' wages and expenses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who selects the acquisition agent for carbon dioxide storage expropriation?
Who pays for the costs of the acquisition agent?
Where are expropriation hearings required to take place?
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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
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Mandatory State Intermediary in Expropriation
The bill shifts pre-petition expropriation management for carbon dioxide storage from private entities directly to state-appointed acquisition agents.
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Sources
www.legis.la.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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