ENERGY/CONSERVATION: Provides relative to carbon dioxide sequestration
This amendment to HB 516 clarifies which specific locations are prohibited from having carbon dioxide injection wells within 500 feet. It explicitly lists inhabited dwellings not owned by the storage operator, schools, and health care facilities as protected sites. The change ensures these sensitive areas are formally included in the bill's safety restrictions regarding underground carbon storage.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2024 · House Apr 16, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 38
May 22, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 16, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (11-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Shane Mack
RRepublican
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