Bill Sponsors: IL HB5870 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the Carbon Capture and Sequestration Title of the Environmental Protection Act. Prohibits a person from conducting a carbon sequestration activity over any federally designated sole source aquifer. Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing a carbon sequestration permit if the Agency knows that the applicant is intending to conduct carbon sequestration activity over any federally designated sole source aquifer. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5870 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

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Representative Brandun Schweizer [R]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-104FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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