A bill for an act relating to the exercise of eminent domain for the construction of hazardous liquid pipelines and including effective date and applicability provisions.

This bill modifies Iowa's eminent domain law to require landowner consent before utilities can seize agricultural land for constructing hazardous liquid pipelines carrying liquefied carbon dioxide. Currently, utilities can condemn such land without consent for pipeline projects, but this bill adds a specific exception for CO2 pipelines. It defines "utility" broadly to include providers of gas, electricity, water, and other essential services. The change applies immediately to new condemnation cases filed after enactment, directly affecting landowners and pipeline companies seeking to use eminent domain for CO2 pipeline construction.