HF238 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations.(See HF 780 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: THOMSON, ANDREWS, HAYES, THOMPSON, HENDERSON, SHIPLEY, DIEKEN, GOLDING, GERHOLD, JENEARY, CISNEROS, FETT, HOLT and WENGRYN
Last action: 2025-03-05
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 780 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations.(See HF 780 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations.(See HF 780 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 780 .
2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 1. H.J. 432 .
2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 432 .
2025-02-13 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/13/2025 8:15AM RM 304.
2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Thomson, C., Meyer, B. and Thompson, M. H.J. 290 .
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 257 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations.(See HF 780 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

238

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

238

BY

THOMSON

,

ANDREWS

,

HAYES

,

THOMPSON

,

HENDERSON

,

SHIPLEY

,

DIEKEN

,

GOLDING

,

GERHOLD

,

JENEARY

,

CISNEROS

,

FETT

,

HOLT

,

and

WENGRYN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

pipelines

transporting

liquefied

carbon

1

dioxide,

including

permit

renewal

and

operation

limitations.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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H.F.

238

Section

1.

Section

479B.14,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

2.

The

commission

shall

not

grant

an

exclusive

right

to

3

any

pipeline

company

to

construct,

maintain,

or

operate

its

4

pipeline

along,

over,

or

across

any

public

or

private

highway,

5

grounds,

waters,

or

streams.

The

commission

shall

not

grant

6

a

permit

for

longer

than

twenty-five

years.

The

commission

7

shall

not

renew

a

permit

granted

to

a

pipeline

that

transports

8

liquefied

carbon

dioxide

and

no

pipeline

that

transports

9

liquefied

carbon

dioxide

shall

be

permitted

to

operate

for

10

longer

than

twenty-five

years.

11

EXPLANATION

12

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

13

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

14

This

bill

relates

to

permitting

for

pipelines

transporting

15

liquefied

carbon

dioxide.

The

bill

prohibits

the

Iowa

16

utilities

commission

from

renewing

permits

for

pipelines

that

17

transport

liquefied

carbon

dioxide.

Additionally,

the

bill

18

prohibits

liquefied

carbon

dioxide

pipelines

from

operating

for

19

longer

than

25

years.

Under

current

law,

the

commission

may

20

not

grant

pipeline

permits

for

longer

than

25

years.

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