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HB510 • 2026

ENERGY: Prohibits the importation of captured carbon dioxide into Louisiana for sequestration

ENERGY: Prohibits the importation of captured carbon dioxide into Louisiana for sequestration

Energy
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Rodney Schamerhorn
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Pending House Natural Resources - Considered 5/26/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on penalties or impacts on existing projects and agreements.

Energy Law: No Carbon Dioxide Imports for Storage

This bill stops other states or countries from bringing captured carbon dioxide into Louisiana to store underground.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes it against the law to bring carbon dioxide that was caught somewhere else into Louisiana for storage.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Companies and organizations that want to store carbon dioxide underground in Louisiana.
  • States or countries outside of Louisiana that capture carbon dioxide.

Terms To Know

Carbon Dioxide
A gas that is a major part of the air we breathe, but also can cause problems for the environment when there's too much of it in the atmosphere.
Sequestration
The process of capturing and storing carbon dioxide underground to keep it from going into the air.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not say what will happen if someone breaks this law.
  • It is unclear how this bill will affect existing projects or agreements that involve bringing carbon dioxide into Louisiana for storage.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

  2. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  3. 2026-02-26 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

  4. 2026-02-26 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

ENERGY: Prohibits the importation of captured carbon dioxide into Louisiana for sequestration

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HLS 26RS-121 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 510
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHAMERHORN
ENERGY: Prohibits the importation of captured carbon dioxide into Louisiana for
sequestration
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 30:1104(C)(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S.
3 30:1104(C)(4), relative to carbon dioxide capture and sequestration; to require that
4 carbon dioxide for sequestration within the state be generated within Louisiana; to
5 require all enumerated conditions be met prior to the use of a reservoir for storage
6 or the exercise of eminent domain for storage of carbon dioxide; and to provide for
7 related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 30:1104(C)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and
10 reenacted and R.S. 30:1104(C)(4) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 §1104. Duties and powers of the secretary; rules and regulations; permits
12 * * *
13 C. Prior to the use of any reservoir for the storage of carbon dioxide and
14 prior to the exercise of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 19:2(11)
15 and R.S. 30:1108 by any person, firm, or corporation having such right under laws
16 of the state of Louisiana, and as a condition precedent to such use or to the exercise
17 of such rights of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 19:2(11) and
18 R.S. 30:1108, the secretary, after public hearing pursuant to the provisions of R.S.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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HLS 26RS-121 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 510
1 30:6, held in the parish where the storage facility is to be located, shall have found
2 at least one all of the following:
3 * * *
4 (4) The carbon dioxide to be stored was generated within the state of
5 Louisiana.
6 * * *
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 510 Original 2026 Regular Session Schamerhorn
Abstract: Requires that carbon dioxide for sequestration in La. be generated within the
state.
Present law (R.S. 30:1104(C)) provides for one of the conditions in an enumerated list of
conditions to be met prior to the use of any reservoir for storage and the exercise of eminent
domain for a reservoir for storage.
Proposed law requires that each of the enumerated conditions be met prior to the use of any
reservoir for storage and the exercise of eminent domain for a reservoir for storage.
Proposed law adds a provision to the list of enumerated conditions in present law that the
carbon dioxide to be stored be produced within the state of La.
(Amends R.S. 30:1104(C)(intro. para.); Adds R.S. 30:1104(C)(4))
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