Brett Geymann — House - District 35
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HB601: Provides relative to carbon dioxide sequestration
Last Action: Read by title, returned to the calendar.
Date: 2025-06-09
Author: Brett Geymann (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HB615: Provides for the regulation of solar facilities (EG INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Last Action: Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 46, nays 53. Failed to pass.
Date: 2025-05-13
Author: Brett Geymann (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HOUSE committee amendments technical in nature except for Amendments 28, 29, 32, 38 & 39 [LINK] which clarify foliage requirements and/or set some compliance date requirements.
Establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework for large-scale solar power generation facilities and associated battery storage in Louisiana.
Key Provisions:
- Requires state permits for solar facilities with a footprint of 10 acres or more, including a decommissioning plan, financial security, and letters of clearance from the Departments of Wildlife and Fisheries and Agriculture and Forestry.
- These measures help mitigate risk resulting from instances such as severe weather events, including hail, which have previously caused significant damage to solar installations nationwide, resulting in large quantities of broken panels and environmental contamination from these very hazardous materials, underscoring the need for this legislation.
- Exempts facilities in industrial zones and LED-certified sites from clearance letters.
- Mandates public notice and hearings before permit approval, with notice to legislators, local governments, and adjoining property owners.
- Grants local governments the authority to adopt stricter regulations and requires local approval of specific plans if no local ordinances exist.
- Sets statewide siting standards including setbacks, vegetative buffers, and noise limits; allows waivers through legislative committee approval with local and landowner consent.
- Allows residential landowners to waive setback requirements in exchange for compensation using a formula based on distance and appraised property value.
- Prohibits chemical spraying (without approval), concentrating solar thermal technologies, and land use by foreign adversaries for solar development.
- Requires existing facilities to comply with new standards by August 1, 2027.
- Establishes similar permitting and decommissioning requirements for battery and electrical storage facilities.
- This legislation promotes responsible solar energy expansion in Louisiana while addressing genuine environmental concerns and protecting communities from potential contamination events.
HB464: (Constitutional Amendment) Limits eligibility of solar facilities from participating in the ad valorem tax exemption program known commonly as ITEP (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Brett Geymann (R)
Pending: 🏛 Ways and Means 93 📅 Not Scheduled
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Proposes a constitutional amendment to restrict eligibility for the Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) for solar power generation facilities. Facilities would only qualify if all solar panels used are manufactured in Louisiana.
Key Provisions:
- Amends Article VII, Section 21(F) of the Louisiana Constitution
- Retains the ITEP program for manufacturing facilities with approval from the governor
- Prohibits solar facilities from receiving ITEP exemptions unless 100% of panels are made in Louisiana
- Defines “solar power generation facility” to include solar collectors, systems, and support equipment
- Effective January 1, 2027; applies to property taxes beginning in tax year 2027
- Requires voter approval at the November 3, 2026 statewide election
HB495: Limits the severance tax exemption for gas produced from certain horizontally drilled wells (EN +$8,600,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Effective date: See Act.
Date: 2025-06-11
Author: Brett Geymann (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
Reduces the severance tax exemption period for gas produced from horizontally drilled wells from 24 months to 6 months or until payout of the well cost, whichever comes first. The 24-month exemption for oil remains unchanged.
Current Law:
Horizontally drilled oil and gas wells are exempt from severance tax for 24 months or until well cost payout.
Proposed Change:
Limits severance tax exemption for gas from horizontally drilled wells to 6 months or until well cost payout.
Effective Date:
Applies to taxable periods starting July 1, 2025.
HB518: Provides relative to rates, computation, and administration of severance tax on oil, gas, and other natural resources (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Effective date: 08/01/2025.
Date: 2025-06-20
Author: Brett Geymann (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
Reorganizes and clarifies Louisiana’s severance tax statute (R.S. 47:633) without changing tax rates or exemptions. It makes technical corrections and updates language for consistency.
Key Provisions:
- Retains existing tax rates on oil, gas, timber, and other resources
- Preserves exemptions for incapable, stripper, horizontal, deep, inactive, and orphan wells
- Updates administrative procedures and definitions
- Corrects cross-references and aligns law with current practice
Purpose:
To improve clarity and administration without fiscal impact.
HB600: Reduces the rate of severance tax on oil produced from newly completed wells and provides relative to special rates on oil produced from certain limited-production wells (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Effective date: See Act.
Date: 2025-06-11
Author: Brett Geymann (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
Reduces the severance tax rate on oil produced from newly completed wells and modifies special tax rates for oil produced from limited-production wells, including incapable, stripper, inactive, and orphan wells.
Key Provisions:
- Lowers the severance tax on oil from wells completed on or after July 1, 2025, from 12.5% to 6.5%.
- Sets a flat 6.25% tax rate for oil from incapable wells (wells producing 25 barrels/day or less and 50% or more salt water).
- Sets a flat 3.125% tax rate for oil from stripper wells (wells producing 10 barrels/day or less).
- Applies a 6.25% or 3.125% rate to oil from inactive wells, depending on production start date:
- 6.25% if production begins on or after October 1, 2028
- 3.125% if production begins before October 1, 2028
- Applies a 3.125% or 1.565% rate to oil from orphan wells, depending on production start date:
- 3.125% if production begins on or after October 1, 2028
- 1.565% if production begins before October 1, 2028
- Effective for taxable periods beginning on or after July 1, 2025.
HR36: Approves the annual state integrated coastal protection plan for Fiscal Year 2026, as adopted by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-06-11
Author: Brett Geymann (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
Approves the annual state integrated coastal protection plan for Fiscal Year 2026, as adopted by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board.
Summary:
This resolution formally approves the state’s FY 2026 integrated coastal protection plan. The plan outlines Louisiana’s coastal restoration and hurricane protection projects and priorities.
Key Provisions:
- Confirms CPRA’s authority to manage and implement coastal protection efforts.
- Includes funding for associated activities such as dredging, land rights, maintenance, and regulatory compliance.
- Incorporates the Atchafalaya Basin Annual Plan as required.
- Verifies required public input through regional hearings and written comments.
- Plan becomes effective upon majority approval of both legislative chambers or automatically on July 1, 2025, if not disapproved.
HR45: To designate Wednesday, April 23, 2025, as McNeese State University Day at the Capitol
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-04-25
Author: Brett Geymann (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR96: Wildlife Rehabilitators Appreciation Week
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-05-05
Author: Brett Geymann (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HOUSE committee Amendments:
ORIGINAL BILL:
Limits the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines used for geologic storage by requiring 95% landowner consent. Prohibits foreign-controlled entities from exercising expropriation rights for CO2 sequestration projects in Louisiana.
Key Provisions:
- Requires CO2 pipeline companies to obtain written consent from owners of 95% of the land area along the proposed pipeline route before expropriation can be used.
- Limits the commissioner of conservation's authority to issue certificates of public convenience and necessity to no more than 5% of the pipeline length if the 95% consent threshold is met.
- Mandates consideration of alternate routes and concerns from non-consenting landowners in the permitting process.
- Requires pipeline companies to provide a standardized notice to landowners explaining their rights and the 95% consent requirement.
- Prohibits foreign-owned or foreign-controlled entities from using expropriation for CO2 pipelines or storage facilities.
- Allows appeals of certificate decisions to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals.