CIVIL/VENUE: Provides relative to venue for claims involving expropriation for carbon capture
HB 304 changes where legal hearings about land expropriation for carbon capture projects must be held in Louisiana. Specifically, it requires these hearings to take place in the parish (county) where the land is located, overriding other venue rules. This directly affects property owners whose land may be taken for carbon capture projects and the companies seeking to use that land. The bill does not alter the expropriation process itself but ensures local courts handle these cases. The change applies to claims under Louisiana's Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 2, 2025
Signed Jun 8, 2025
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This bill amends the Louisiana Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act to specify that legal hearings regarding expropriation must take place in the parish where the property is located. Previously, the law did not explicitly define the venue for these hearings, which could have led to confusion or disputes over where cases should be filed. This change clarifies the legal process to ensure proceedings occur locally, potentially reducing administrative delays and costs for property owners and regulators.
Scope change
The bill narrows the procedural scope of expropriation cases by adding a specific venue requirement, limiting where such legal hearings can be held to the property's location.
REQUIREMENT
Added a mandatory venue requirement stating that expropriation hearings must be held in the parish where the subject property is situated.
TECHNICAL
Updated the bill header to reflect that it is now an enrolled Act (Act No. 179) rather than an original draft, and changed the sponsor listing to include two representatives.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · House May 13, 2025
How they voted
27–8
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
Jun 2, 2025
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican26
69% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 55, nays 40. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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