Summary/Abstract
H.B. 169 was signed into law on August 1, 2024, and amends LA Rev Stat § 30:1109 (2023) on the question of liability for operating carbon capture and storage operations. The bill alters the current law by limiting compensatory damages in any civil liability action against the owner or operator of a storage facility, carbon dioxide pipeline, or the generator of the carbon for non-economic losses to $250,000 per person, rather than per occurrence. In cases of wrongful death or substantial injuries, the recovery for these losses cannot exceed $500,000 per person.