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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 877 bans carbon capture facilities from sharing pipelines
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.Sponsor: Robert Carter
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 877 prohibits separate carbon dioxide storage facilities from using the same pipeline for transport. The restriction applies to owners and operators of distinct storage facilities within the state.
Operators of carbon capture and storage facilities must build or secure dedicated, non-shared pipeline infrastructure for carbon dioxide transport.
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 separate storage facilities
Owners and operators of separate storage facilities are prohibited from sharing pipelines for carbon dioxide transport.
Key Facts
- Prohibits owners or operators of separate carbon dioxide storage facilities from utilizing the same pipeline for the transport of carbon dioxide.
- Enacts a new section of law designated as R.S. 30:1116.
- Applies specifically to the transport of carbon dioxide for storage.
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Does this bill allow multiple carbon capture facilities to share a single pipeline?
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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.
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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