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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana bill removes liability damage caps for carbon dioxide storage and pipelines
Last action · April 20, 2026: Withdrawn from the files of the House.Sponsors: Danny McCormick and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 507 repeals state civil liability limits and damages caps for owners and operators of carbon dioxide storage facilities, transmission pipelines, and carbon dioxide generators.
The measure removes statutory limits on noneconomic compensatory damages that plaintiffs can recover in civil lawsuits against carbon dioxide facility owners, pipeline operators, and waste generators.
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.
Owners or operators of carbon dioxide storage facilities
They are subject to the removal of civil liability damages caps in lawsuits.
Carbon dioxide transmission pipeline operators
They face the elimination of statutory limits on noneconomic damages in civil actions.
Generators of carbon dioxide
Civil liability limits applicable to carbon dioxide generated and handled by facilities or pipelines are repealed.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.
Procedural history
6 actions- Apr 20, 2026HouseDischarged from the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- Apr 20, 2026HouseWithdrawn from the files of the House.
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- 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 Civil Law and Procedure.
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy70Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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