SLS 22RS-530 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 292
BY SENATOR HEWITT
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. Provides for regulation of greenhouse emissions. (8/1/22)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 30:2053(10) and 2054.1, relative to air quality; to provide for definitions; to
3 prohibit the adoption and enforcement of certain programs; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 30:2053(10) and 2054.1 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §2053. Definitions
8 As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed
9 to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
10 * * *
11 (10) "Greenhouse gas" means carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,
12 sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbon, and perfluorocarbon.
13 * * *
14 §2054.1. Specific legislative authority required
15 Notwithstanding any other law, neither the department nor any other
16 state agency shall adopt or enforce a state or regional program to regulate
17 greenhouse gas emissions for the purposes of addressing changes in atmospheric
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SLS 22RS-530 ORIGINAL
1 temperature without specific legislative authorization, including, but not limited
2 to the following:
3 (1) State plans developed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7402, 7410, 7411, 7415,
4 or 7545.
5 (2) State plans developed as a result of the Governor's 2022 Louisiana
6 Climate Action Plan for reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
7 (3) Low carbon fuel standards.
8 (4) Plans or programs enabling regulation of mobile or stationary
9 sources, greenhouse gas taxes or fees, or greenhouse gas trading.
10 (5) State or regional programs prompted by the participation of the
11 United States in international treaties or executive agreements or interstate
12 compacts or agreements.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tyler S. McCloud.
DIGEST
SB 292 Original 2022 Regular Session Hewitt
Proposed law prohibits the Dept. of Environmental Quality or any other state agency
adopting or enforcing a state or regional program to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for
the purposes of addressing changes in atmospheric temperature without specific legislative
authorization.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 30:2053(10) and 2054.1)
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