UTIL-MORATORIUM CO2 PIPE House SponsorsRep. Diane Blair-Sherlock and Kam Buckner 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die New Act Creates the Safety Moratorium on Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Act. Provides that no certificate of authority for the construction and operation of a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide shall be issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission before the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has adopted its revised federal safety standards for transportation of carbon dioxide. Provides that any application for a certificate of authority to construct and operate a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide currently pending before the Commission shall be held in abeyance, without prejudice, until the completion of PHMSA's rulemaking and the issuance of its new safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines or the expiration of the temporary moratorium. Provides that the temporary moratorium will expire 2 years after the Act becomes effective or upon the adoption of PHMSA's new safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines, whichever happens first. Effective immediately. 2/17/2023HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller 2/17/2023HouseFirst Reading 2/17/2023HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/17/2023HouseChief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock 2/28/2023HouseAssigned to Public Utilities Committee 3/7/2023HouseTo Natural Gas Subcommittee 3/8/2023HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner 3/10/2023HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die