House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment
May 19, 2026
9:00 a.m.
Room 4

Adjourned		 




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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
 HR144CHARLES OWENENERGY - Requests that the Board of Regents provide for a rigorous, peer-reviewed study on the potential effects of mixing streams of carbon captured from industrial sites and the air on the water supply and ecological environment and submit reports to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment
 HR276JACOB LANDRYENERGY - Creates the Task Force on Advanced Drilling to study the impacts of carbon storage on mineral rights and oil and gas operations
 HR279ORGERONENERGY - Recognizes the value of geothermal energy development in the state
 HR289MACKENERGY - Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy to review policies and practices related to the redaction of proposed well site locations
 HB5MIKE JOHNSONENERGY - Authorizes parish governing authorities and citizens to determine whether Class VI injection wells, carbon dioxide sequestration, and carbon dioxide pipelines may be permitted within a parish (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
 HB6MIKE JOHNSONENERGY - Authorizes the governing authority of Rapides Parish to determine whether carbon dioxide sequestration and pipelines transporting carbon dioxide may be permitted within the parish (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
 HB494ROBBY CARTERENERGY - Prohibits carbon dioxide sequestration in St. Helena Parish
 HB497SCHAMERHORNENERGY - Authorizes the governing authority of Vernon Parish to determine whether carbon dioxide sequestration and pipelines transporting carbon dioxide may be permitted within the parish
 HB498SCHAMERHORNENERGY - Authorizes the governing authority of Beauregard Parish to determine whether carbon dioxide sequestration and pipelines transporting carbon dioxide may be permitted within the parish
 HB501CARRIERENERGY - Authorizes the governing authority of Allen Parish to determine whether Class VI carbon dioxide injection wells may be permitted within the parish
 HB504SCHAMERHORNENERGY - Authorizes the governing authority of Sabine Parish to determine whether carbon dioxide sequestration and pipelines transporting carbon dioxide may be permitted within the parish
 HB509CHARLES OWENENERGY - Requires a public hearing in the parish where a Class V or Class VI well is proposed
 HB510SCHAMERHORNENERGY - Prohibits the importation of captured carbon dioxide into Louisiana for sequestration
 HB878ROBBY CARTERENERGY - Prohibits any carbon capture operations under a scenic river
 HB879ROBBY CARTERENERGY - Requires carbon dioxide storage facility operators pay twenty-five percent of their gross tax credit amount to the landowners of the area of operations
 HB1136ROBBY CARTERENERGY/PIPELINES - Prohibits the transport of carbon dioxide in rights-of-way used for petroleum transportation
 HB1152RISERENERGY - Provides relative to the Carbon Dioxide Geologic Storage Trust Fund (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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