PIERRE — Only two of six bill related to building carbon dioxide pipelines in South Dakota survived an elongated trip through the House State Affairs Committee Monday. The Committee started hearing the bills just before eight a.m. Monday, to a break for the House floor session then resumed and finished before five p.m. House Bill 1230 survived the gauntlet. Representative Marty Overweg says 1230 makes a minor change to help landowners…
Brett Koenecke, an attorney representing Summit Carbon Solutions says eminent domain is needed to keep negotiations moving…
House Bill 1133 would define a commodity for qualifying as a common carrier. Representative Will Mortenson of Pierre says the bill hits the mark…
While the four other bills were killed, they may be brought back to life by way of a procedure known as the smokeout on the House floor.
