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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 879: ENERGY: Requires carbon dioxide storage facility operators pay twenty-five percent of their gross tax credit amount to the landowners of the area of operations

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 879 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on February 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: ENERGY: Requires carbon dioxide storage facility operators pay twenty-five percent of their gross tax credit amount to the landowners of the area of operations. Primary sponsor: Robby Carter (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 9, 2026): Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Robby CarterPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse72

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
  2. Prefiled.
  3. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
  4. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source