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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 499 Sets Minimum Per-Acre Compensation for Nonconsenting Carbon Dioxide Storage Owners
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.Sponsors: Danny McCormick and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 499 establishes a minimum per-acre compensation rate for landowners who do not consent to inclusion in a carbon dioxide storage unit, ensuring they receive at least the average per-acre payment of consenting owners. The measure also authorizes reviewing courts to request necessary information to determine just compensation and allows for jury trials in such disputes.
Landowners whose property is designated for carbon dioxide storage without their consent are guaranteed a payment floor equal to the unit's average per-acre rate, altering the financial terms of compulsory geologic storage utilization.
- Carbon dioxide sequestration units involve injecting captured carbon dioxide into deep underground geologic formations for permanent storage, requiring the integration or unitization of subsurface pore spaces. 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.
nonconsenting owners in interest
Nonconsenting landowners are guaranteed a minimum per-acre compensation rate equal to the unit average and gain explicit statutory authorization for court review and jury trials regarding compensation.
storage operators
Storage operators must comply with minimum per-acre compensation floors for nonconsenting tract owners and may be subject to court proceedings and jury trials regarding just compensation.
Key Facts
- Nonconsenting owners in a carbon dioxide storage unit must be paid a per-acre compensation amount that is at least equal to the average per-acre compensation paid to all other owners in the unit.
- Unit operation orders must provide for just and equitable sharing of benefits and compensation to all owners in interest, including consenting and nonconsenting owners, without altering private contract terms.
- The commissioner may consider computational modeling, tract impacts, surface acreage share, operational costs, and third-party project viability when determining benefit sharing.
- Proposed storage unit operators or nonconsenting owners may petition a court to review whether the storage unit purpose is public and necessary and whether compensation is just.
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- Court review of just compensation is limited to the specific owner in interest seeking review and may be heard through a jury trial if requested.
- Review proceedings regarding compensation shall be tried by preference and conducted with the greatest possible dispatch.
- Courts are authorized to request all information necessary to determine just compensation for an owner in interest.
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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, 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.
Version history
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Establishment of Compensation Minimums
The bill introduces a statutory payment floor for nonconsenting property owners based on the average per-acre payout within the geologic storage unit.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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