HB1136 • 2026

ENERGY/PIPELINES: Prohibits the transport of carbon dioxide in rights-of-way used for petroleum transportation

Energy

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Robert Carter
Last action: 2026-05-19
Official status: Involuntarily deferred in House Natural Resources - Considered 5/19/26
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on what happens if someone breaks this rule or how it affects other existing pipeline regulations beyond the specific prohibition mentioned in R.S. 30:1116.

Ban on Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Near Oil Pipelines

This bill stops companies from putting pipelines that carry carbon dioxide for storage next to oil pipelines in the same space.

What This Bill Does

Makes it illegal to have carbon dioxide pipelines for storing CO2 in the same path as oil pipelines.
Adds a new law, R.S. 30:1116, which says no carbon dioxide sequestration pipeline can share a right-of-way with an oil pipeline.

Who It Names or Affects

Companies that transport carbon dioxide for storage
Oil companies and their pipelines

Terms To Know

Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Pipeline: A pipeline used to move carbon dioxide underground for long-term storage.
Right-of-Way: The land area where a pipeline or other utility can be built and maintained.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not say what will happen if someone breaks this rule.
Only applies to pipelines in Louisiana, as it is a state law.
Doesn't change how carbon dioxide is stored underground, just where the pipeline can go.

Bill History

2026-05-19 H
Involuntarily deferred in committee.
2026-04-01 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
2026-03-31 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

ENERGY/PIPELINES: Prohibits the transport of carbon dioxide in rights-of-way used for petroleum transportation

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

HLS 26RS-1907 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1136
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBBY CARTER
ENERGY/PIPELINES: Prohibits the transport of carbon dioxide in rights-of-way used for
petroleum transportation
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 30:1116, relative to carbon dioxide sequestration pipelines; to prohibit the
3 transport of carbon dioxide for sequestration in the same right-of-way as petroleum
4 pipelines; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 30:1116 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §1116. Use of petroleum pipeline right-of-way prohibited
8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no pipeline
9 transporting carbon dioxide for sequestration shall be located in the same right-of-
10 way as any pipeline transporting petroleum products.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1136 Original 2026 Regular Session Robby Carter
Abstract: Prohibits the transport of carbon dioxide for sequestration within the same right-
of-way as petroleum pipelines.
Proposed law prohibits carbon dioxide sequestration pipelines from being located in the
same right-of-way as a petroleum product pipeline.
(Adds R.S. 30:1116)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.