Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 14 R cosponsors

HF 238 — A bill for an act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations.

Last action — Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 780.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 06, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 14 sponsors

    14 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (14 R).

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill prohibits the renewal of permits for pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide and limits their operational time to twenty-five years.

  • Section 479B.14

    The commission shall not renew a permit granted to a pipeline that transports liquefied carbon dioxide → The commission shall not renew a permit granted to a pipeline that transports liquefied carbon dioxide

    This change explicitly prohibits the renewal of permits for liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines.

  • Section 479B.14

    no pipeline that transports liquefied carbon dioxide shall be permitted to operate for longer than twenty-five years. → no pipeline that transports liquefied carbon dioxide shall be permitted to operate for longer than twenty-five years.

    This change reinforces the limitation on the operational duration of liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines.

Action History

  1. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 780.

  2. Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 1.

  3. Committee report, recommending passage.

  4. Subcommittee recommends passage.

  5. Subcommittee Meeting: 02/13/2025 8:15AM RM 304.

  6. Subcommittee: Thomson, C., Meyer, B. and Thompson, M.

  7. Introduced, referred to Judiciary.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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14 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on

Sponsors (14)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (136)

136 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HF 238?
HF 238 is sponsored by Sam Wengryn (Republican), Steven C. Holt (Republican), Samantha Fett (Republican), Mark Cisneros (Republican), Thomas M. Jeneary (Republican), Thomas Gerhold (Republican), Cindy Golding (Republican), Zach Dieken (Republican), Bob Henderson (Republican), Mark I. Thompson (Republican), Helena Hayes (Republican), Eddie Andrews (Republican), Charley Thomson (Republican), and Jeff Shipley (Republican).
What is the current status of HF 238?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 06, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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