Iowa Senate strips eminent domain ban from carbon pipeline bill

Senate GOP move forward with proposal to use eminent domain as last resort

Debate continues at the Capitol over the use of eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines. Senate Republicans are advancing a bill that would allow pipeline c

Senate's eminent domain bill advances through subcommittee

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Senate's eminent domain bill advanced through subcommittee on Thursday, despite more members of the public voicing their disapproval of the bill at the meeting. The bill was proposed by Senate Majority Leader Mike Klimesh of Spillville last week. It allows pipeline companies to redraw their proposed routes to avoid landowners [...]

Can eminent domain for carbon pipelines be avoided without a ban?

Iowa senators advanced a bill Thursday that would require hazardous liquid pipeline operators to prove they had exhausted feasible voluntary easement opportunities before they could use eminent domain.

Senate committee softens House-passed ban on eminent domain

A bill to ban the use of eminent domain for carbon sequestration pipelines was rewritten in the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday with language the chair said was “substantially similar” to an eminent domain bill proposed by the Senate majority leader.

Iowa Senate strips eminent domain ban from carbon pipeline bill

Iowa Senate lawmakers rewrote a fast-moving carbon pipeline bill, removing an eminent domain ban and prompting criticism from landowners and opponents.

Pipeline bill advances through Senate subcommittees this week

(Radio Iowa) – Action this week in the legislature has advanced a plan that would give carbon pipeline companies more flexibility to find a route around landowners who won’t voluntarily agree to let the pipeline on their property. Senate Republican Leader Mike Klimesh says his proposal is an extension of conversations in the capitol over the last four years. “It provides us a solution and a path forward,” Klimesh said. Carbon pipeline opponents …