HF565 required companies seeking to build carbon-capture pipelines to secure voluntary easements for 90 percent of the needed land before eminent domain could be used for the remainder.
The Iowa State House of Representatives passed HF565 on March 22, 2023 by a vote of 73 to 20. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because this legislation would have taken a big step to protect property rights and landowners’ constitutional rights, specifically the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.