b'FEATUREEND OF SESSION REPORThelpful to companies who have notthat the Supreme Court had outlinedrary moratorium on CO2 pipelines, yet been sued.as a potential.includes vague language on criteria 2024 End of Session ReportIn both the House Judiciary CivilIn summary, the Chamber stillpollutant emission increases result-Committee and the Senate Judiciaryopposed this billnot because iting from CCA projects, and includes PRO G I ee a I nd on the floors of bothdoesnt help, but because it is missingcosts and fees that will be an impedi-CommittROWT S HBLULSIINNOE SSchambers, an exchange denotinga vital component: an allowance forment to many projects. But this bill is legislative intent to inform the courtsa security exception to the currentstill a key first step, and now the real of the opportunity to use SB2979BIPA framework. For example, com- work begins.as the basis for the calculation ofpanies engaged in the transportationAgreed Workers damages in cases which havent beensafety business have had to disable completed. In the Senate, the dialogsome security features of their offer- Compensation Bill Passes was between Senate President Donings to steer clear of BIPA violationsHouse and Senate Harmon and Senate President Prowhen drivers are passing through Illi- In late May, the Illinois House voted Tempore Bill Cunningham. In thenois. Making Illinois roads less safe79-29-0 and the Senate voted 44-House, Representative Dan Didechwas never the intent of the original14-0 in favor of SB 1996, the agreed and Representative Ann Williams putBIPA language. That is an unfortu- workers compensation bill. This the scripted legislative intent on thenate, but correctable consequence oflegislation provides a very modest record.BIPA. Efforts are underway to makeincrease to fund the operations of The exchanges in the respectivethat adjustment in future conversa- the workers compensation commis-chambers followed along these lines:tions related to BIPA.sion. The legislation was a part of the 1.The intent of the amendmentComprehensive Carbonagreed bill process which requires regarding assessment of liquidCapture & Sequestrationrepresentatives of business and damages to deter future viola- Legislation Heads tolabor to come together and agree on tions without destroying defen- Governor After Two Yearslegislation related to workers comp. dants business.of Negotiation On the house floor, it was made clear that the agreed bill process will be 2.The amendment doesnt au- One of our biggest priorities, andutilized next year on a broader range thorize a death penalty to thetherefore our biggest wins thisof workers comp reforms for Illinois. business.session, was getting comprehensiveThe Governor signed the bill into law 3.A clarification about retroac- carbon capture legislation adoptedlast week.tivity that implies that a courtby the General Assembly and signed could take judicial notice of theby the Governor. While we await his amendment in determining ansignature, SB 1289 was a huge victory initial award or in reducing anthat was two years in the making. The award.proposal endorses the federal Class 6 well program and allows for the The bill sponsor made mentionunitization of pore space in Illinois. of the recent development that WhiteThese are enormous victories. Castle was going to pay less than $10Unfortunately, this victory comes million to resolve their BIPA issueswith a number of questions. The rather than the potential $17 billionbill troublingly includes a tempo-4ILLINOIS BUSINESS LEADER'