2024 Senate Bill 1132

Natural resources: gas and oil; definitions in the crude oil and petroleum act; update.

A bill to amend 1929 PA 16, entitled “An act to regulate the business of carrying or transporting, buying, selling, or dealing in crude oil or petroleum or its products, or certain substances consisting primarily of carbon dioxide through pipe lines; to authorize the use of public highways and the condemnation of private property; to regulate the purchase and storage of crude oil or petroleum or certain substances consisting primarily of carbon dioxide; to provide for the control and regulation of all corporations, associations, and persons engaged in such business, by the Michigan public service commission; to define the powers and duties of the commission in relation thereto; and to prescribe penalties,” by amending section 1 (MCL 483.1), as amended by 2014 PA 85.

AI Analysis – Experimental

The bill amends existing regulations on the transportation and storage of crude oil, petroleum, and carbon dioxide substances, introducing exemptions for carbon sequestration wells and requiring the enactment of related bills for it to take effect.

Introduced in the Senate

Nov. 14, 2024

Introduced by Sen. Joseph Bellino (R-16)

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Environment

Dec. 12, 2024

Reported without amendment

Dec. 13, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole